"Level 1?!"

"What do you think you're doing Dusty? He's level one! He would pretty be much one shot by what we're going for!"

This was pretty much expected, accepting a party invitation without the slightest idea what kind of quest they're planning on doing.

"Please hear me out! I know you know that we are lacking someone that can cast magic from afar, if we help him grind his level, we'll be able to accept that quest in no time!"

"Well you're right." x2

"But grinding from fourteen levels would surely take a lot of time."

"Um, it's actually ok with me if you don't take me along, I only accepted because I thought the quest would be something like delivering some items"

The three people who were just arguing a moment ago fell silent and after a short delay Rin shouted.

"What the hell Dusty, you should've told him about what the quest is! Shawn I'm very sorry on his behalf, he has really bad at remembering things, please forget about this!"

"Ah well Rin-san it's alright, it's also my fault for not asking what kind of quest it was, don't worry. Hahaha."

Then Lax tapped on me and started whispering.

"Hey kid, don't mind them, this is nothing out of the ordinary."

"Oh it's okay it's nothing much at all."

"By the way, do you know how to use your magic?"

"I'm not really sure, I only used it once a while ago."

"Well then, I don't have anything to do today, maybe I'll help you a bit."

"That would help a lot, thank you very much."

Leaving the angry Rin and Dusty who are still fighting, me and Lax went to the forest I was before.

After arriving, we started looking for an area to hunt monsters.

"Now then Shawn, show me what you can do."

"I'll do my best!"

Focusing on my hand for the second time today, Mana and air started to concentrate around it.

"Here I got! Tornado!"

After throwing the tornado, the result was completely different from before. Instead going for the monster it shifted and hit Lax

"Hey! What are you doing? Let me down now!"

"I'm very sorry Lax! I don't know how to!

Laz looked as though he was about to mix everything he ate with the tornado. After around 15 seconds, the duration of the spell was completely used up and Laz was thrown into the ground.

"Man, that's some good magic you have there. Too bsd you still can't control it."

He said so as he was breathing slowly not to throw up.

"I'm very worry, I didn't know that would happen! I should have told you!"

"Hahaha! Don't worry about it kid! Anyway know that I've seen your magic, I can tell it's going to be quite easy for you to grind."

"Well yes and no."

"What do you mean by that kid?"

"Actually, the problem is even if I could use strong spells, the amount of Mana I'll use would be 35% more."

"Oh I see, then it's there's quite an easy solution to that, after leveling up, I'll teach you a spell that's very effective at long range and requires relatively low Mana."

"Thanks again, could you show me what that skill is?"

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"Sure thing kid, here I go! Focus!"

Lax' drawn arrow's tip began to show flames around it.

"Wah! What is that! It look amazing!"

"Glad you like it hehe. Focus is a skill that can only be used for bows and arrows. This uses your primary element as a bonus erffect on hit. In my case, fire would burn the target on impact."

"Oh I see, I already want to learn it!"

"Hahaha! Nice to see you're motivation! What's more, it only uses 8 Mana per shot, which means you'll use about 11 points of Mana."

He's right, that skill consumed way less Mana than the skill I have. After recovering my energy, I'll need to grind some more.

"Thanks for showing me Lax-san, I just need to rest a bit so that I'll be able to cast my magic again." *grumble*

"Better eat up kid, let's go. I'll treat you for know. Don't worry about paying back right away, I'll remind you after we finish the quest."

It seems that Lax understood the situation that I was just level 1 and he even showed me one of this skills.

"Are you sure? Thank you very much again!"

"Don't sweat it kid, it's better to fight with a full stomach rather than going in hungry."

We then left the forest and went back to the Guild and them to the bar. Rin and Dusty seem to be done arguing and were waiting there.

"Eat as much as you want kid, we'll return to the forest tomorrow."

"Thank you so much! Thanks for the food!"

After we finished eating, I thanked Lax again for helping a lot and went outside.

"When you're level 2 make sure to see me so that I can teach Focus."

"Sure thing."

I left the Guild after shaking hands with Lax. 

"I wonder what I should do now?"

I checked my bag which was teleported along with me for anything valuable.

"Let's see, notebooks, pens, my phone, and my watch."

My watch seems to have change it's time zone to what this world is. I wore it assuming that was right.

I'll need some money, I need to do a simple quest later after completely recovering.

I sat around the town square for an hour, or so my watch said then returned to the Guild and went for the quest board.

"Hmm, find Dewberries 500 copper per 5 peices. Recommend level 1+"

That didn't sound bad at all, and how come they also have dewberries here?

I took the quest and went for the Guild staff.

"Understood, are you the only one in your party?"

"Yes."

"This quest will last three days, so you have a lot of time to gather berries."

"I see thank you."

After briefing me on the quest I returned to the forest for the third time today. On my way I remembered something, that I don't know where to get dewberries. There was an old woman sitting by the town square I should ask her.

"Excuse me madam, but do you know where can I find some dewberries?"

"They can be found around the forest, you just need to be patient."

"I see, thank you."

Now I know where I can get some, luckily I might get a haul. 

"And I'm back here, again."

I searched the forest for the berries, it's a good thing that the poster had a picture of what it looks like.

"Maybe I should look there."

There was a bush behind me and it looks like it had what I was looking for.

"For my first time, I got quite lucky."

I found 25 pieces of dewberries and placed them in my bag. I already got 12500 on my first 5 minutes.

*Let's see if I can find some more."

I went up a bit further and saw another bush, it had 10. Without noticing I heard some noise coming from the other side of the bush.

"Crap."

There was a boar like monster that lookes really annoyed. I don't know if it was me or some other reason.

"Its time to go!"

I immediately ran away and the board was chasing me.

"This guy's is freaking fast what the hell!"

The boar was around 10 meters around me and was rapidly closing in.

"I guess I have enough Mana, Tornado!"

I hope this one will hit it's target, it somehow did. The boar tripped on a small hole in the ground and tumbled into the tornado.

With the boar defeated, my Card glowed again.

"Level up! +2 skill points +1.000 stat points. +15 Mana."

I should invest my stat points for know, I'll leave the skill points for later.

"What should I invest it on? Maybe I'll go with Luck, Agility and Magic Power first."

I invested .050 into Luck, another .050 into Strength and divided the rest between Agility and Magic Power.

Right know my stats were

Strength: 1.050

Agility: 1.250

Intelligence: .400

Magic Power: 1.150

Vitality: .500

Luck: .400

"That should do it, I'd better go to a safe area to recover my energy first."

I found a big tree and layed against it.

"I should have done this where I was still at home."

I regretted not doing simple things like this back at home, we even had a tree that I could lay down on too.

"Maybe I should get some shut-eye, I'll set my alarm for 15 minutes." 

I took my phone and and set the alarm 15 minutes from now.

I woke up to the sound of my alarm exactly 15 minutes later. I checked my watch what time is it already, it said 16:00.

"I have 2 more hours to find some more berries, let's do this."

After telling myself that I went to look for more and tripped by the root of the tree.

"Ouch. Seriously?!"

It wasn't that all too bad, I stumbled upon another bush and it had lots.

"Let's see, 30?!" I'm quite lucky today!"

Right know I had 65 pieces and my bad was getting heavy. I should turn back for now.

If every 5 pieces is 500 copper, then 65 would be 32500. I don't know if there is a conversion from copper to silver to gold and then to platinum. But I'll know when I get there.

The lady the forest again and went straight for the Guild. The staff was still there and she seemed surprised with how many I have.

"Let's see, 65 pieces that would be 32500. To make it more convenient. I'll turn it into 3 gold and 25 silver."

So they also have this form of currency similar to the game at played before.

While handing me the payment for today the staff member said.

"Good job new kid, you still have 2 more days good luck out there."

"Yes, thank you."

After leaving, I went for the town square to find something to eat.

"Maybe life here isn't so bad after all."

I never felt this good for earning money for the first time in my life.

By the time I reach level 10, maybe I'll meet possible party mates."

I said such words while walking around while remembering my mediocre lifestyle back then.