`“Uhh” I groan as I awaken only to see an object lying on top of me. “Grace, what are you doing?” I say sleepily as I attempt to get up, before a plethora of messages assault me.
Warning! Your stamina levels are dangerously low, further expenditure could cause loss of consciousness.
3% Stamina reached!
You have received a daily award!
Supply Package (Small, Human)
Your familiar “Olivia the Beautiful” has received a daily award!
Supply Package (Small, Direwolf)
Your familiar “Lucy the Wise” has received a daily award!
Supply Package (Small, Goblinoid)
You have earned the title “The Stubborn”!
“The Stubborn” is a title awarded to those with a will so stubborn they won’t give up even when on the brink of exhaustion.
+5% Stamina (+6.25 Sta.)
Your Familiar, “Olivia the Beautiful” has levelled up to level 5 and unlocked her first class and sub-class.
Level up x1
First Class slot unlocked
Your Familiar, “Lucy the Wise” has levelled up to Level 5 and unlocked her first class and sub-class.
Level up x2
First Class slot unlocked
Your Familiar “Olivia the Beautiful” has learned the Uncommon Grade Skill “Dual-Wielding!
+5% Damage when wielding dual-weapons +1% per level
For successfully clearing a hostile monster race from a dungeon you have been rewarded!
+1 Gold Coin
+50 Silver (Lucy)
+50 Silver (Olivia)
You have levelled up!
Level up x1
“Olivia the Beautiful” has unlocked her fist class and sub-class.
Common Grade Class “Scout”, Uncommon Grade Class “Thief, Uncommon Grade Class “Assassin”,
Uncommon Grade Class “Assassin”
+10% Dagger Damage
+10% Light armor Protection
Class Skill
Uncommon Grade Class “Thief”
+10% Dagger Damage
+10% Stealth Bonus
Class Skill
Common Grade Class ““Scout”
+10% Dagger Damage
Choose 1st Class “Assassin,” Choose 1st Sub-Class “Thief” I say while looking at the options before me.
“Olivia the Beautiful” has learned the Uncommon Grade Skill “Backstab”
+50% Backstab Damage +1% per level
“Olivia the Beautiful” has learned the Common Grade Skill “Steal”
+5% Chance of not being detected when stealing +1% per level
“Lucy the Wise” has unlocked her fist class and sub-class.
Common Grade Class “Adventurer”, Common Grade Class “Hunter”, Common Grade Class “Fighter”, Rare Grade Class “Shaman”
Common Grade Class “Adventurer”
+5% Exp. Gain
Common Grade Class “Hunter”
+10% Perception skill bonus
Common Grade Class “Fighter”
+10% Unarmed Damage
Rare Grade Class “Shaman”
+10% Holy Damage and Resistance
Class Skill
“Shaman huh” I mutter to myself as I examine the listed classes. “Choose First Class Shaman, Choose First Sub-Class “Hunter” I choose and look at the other messages in the line.
“Lucy the Wise” has learned the Uncommon Grade Skill “Prayer of the Gods”
This skill, when activated blesses its user with an effect based upon the god they worship. (Current Deity “Moon God”)
“Moon God?” I mutter to myself in question as I try to squirm out from under Grace without waking her, and pull up another status menu.
Supply Package (Small, Human)
Contents: Torch x2, Gas Fluid Lighter x1, Water Bottle x3, MRE (Roast Beef) x3, One-man tent x1
Supply Package (Small, Direwolf)
Contents: Raw Beef Steak x3, Bedding x1, Water Bowl x3
Supply Package (Small, Goblinoid)
Contents: Meat of Questionable Origin x3, Canteen x3, Bedroll x1, Torch x1, Rusty Iron Dagger x1
Name: Olivia
Level: 5 (132.50/320)
Race: Goblin Queen
Str.10
Age: 1 Week
Con.10
Sex: Female
Dex.14
Health: 50/50
Cun.14
Mana: 55/55
Wis. 11
Stamina: 70/70
Int. 11
Skill Points: 1
Atk. 9
Status Points: 15
Def. 5
Title(s): The Beautiful
Luk.14
Class(es): N/A
Chr. 28
Sub-Class(es): N/A
Name: Lucy
Level: 5 (2.25/320)
Race: Albino Direwolf
Str.12
Age: 1 Week
Con.9
Sex: Female
Dex.19
Health: 45/45
Cun.11
Mana: 85/855
Wis.25
Stamina: 95/95
Int.17
Skill Points: 1
Atk.10.75
Status Points: 20
Def. 4.5
Title(s): The Wise, The Beautiful
Luk. 6
Class(es): N/A
Chr.38
Sub-Class(es): N/A
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“Distribute Lucy: Int. 8, Con. 6, Dex. 6; Distribute Olivia: Dex. 11, Cun. 4” I say as I scan my eyes across their open status screens.
Your familiar “Lucy the Wise” has earned the title “The Intelligent”
“The Intelligent” is a title awarded to one who has reached an amount of twenty-five in their Int. stat.
+5% Int. (+1.25Int.)
Your familiar “Lucy the Wise” has earned the title “The Dexterous”
“The Dexterous” is a title awarded to one who has reached an amount of twenty-five in their Dex. stat. +5%Dex. (+1.25Dex.)
Your familiar “Olivia the Beautiful” has earned the title “The Dexterous”
“The Dexterous” is a title awarded to one who has reached an amount of twenty-five in their Dex. stat. +5%Dex. (+1.25Dex.)
“Uhh,” Grace groans subconsciously as I lift her arm up and roll away from her. Moving as quietly as possible I stand up and rub my eyes, and see a pile of items laying on the floor in front of me.
Uncommon Grade Item “Werewolf Corpse”
This corpse is that of a werewolf, an upgraded species of wolf, this one containing a hint of the ancient God Wolves.
Uncommon Grade Item “Direwolf Breeder Corpse”
These mutated Direwolves are found in almost every pack heading the Alpha-Direwolf’s personal harem due to their increased fertility and intelligence.
Rare Grade Item “Dark Werewolf Corpse
This corpse is that of a werewolf of the Direwolf line that has been through a mutation due its powerful darkness affinity and evil nature.
Common Grade Item “Direwolf Corpse” x9
This is a corpse of a common Direwolf, an extremely distant descendant of the legendary god wolf Race.
Uncommon Grade Item “Direwolf Race Change Book”
This book changes its users race to that of a Direwolf.
Merits: +5Dex., +5Cun., Racial Abilities (Unarmed Mastery, Keen Senses)
Demerits: Loss of opposable thumbs, -5Wis., Loss of humanoid language skills, Loss of Weapon Mastery Skills (Spear Mastery, Sword Mastery, Dagger Mastery, etc.)
Rare Grade Item “Dark Dash Skill Book”
The user of this book learns the “Dark Dash” skill.
This skill increases your speed based upon the amount of mana channeled into it.
-10Mp. 1Spd. -5Darkness affinity Mp.=1Spd.
+1Spd. gained every 5 levels
Common Grade Item “Small Health Potion” x4
+10 Hp.
Common Grade Item “Small Stamina Potion” x2
+10 Sp.
Common Grade Item “Small Mana Potion” x1
+10 Mp.
Common Grade Item “Health Potion” x1
This bottle of liquid smells of sweet fruits.
+30 Hp.
Common Grade Item “Stamina Potion” x1
This bottle of liquid smells of citric fruits.
Common Grade Item “Gold Currency” x1
This is a shiny gold coin. Worth 1 currency credit.
After scanning through the descriptions of all the items laying on the ground and storing them in my inventory, I use the skill book and, take a look at the new options added in by the update.
World Human Population Counter
976,487,326 Humans living (Not counting Race Changes.
Available Quest(s)
War for Edmond High (Details non-accessible) Reward: Unspecified
“War, what the Hell is that supposed to mean” I curse angrily through clenched teeth. While suppressing my rage, I turn around to wake Grace only to notice something out of place, “Identify”
Name: Grace Johnson
Level: 6 (234.5/640)
Race: Rabbit Beastkin (Curse)
Str.8
Age: 17 Years
Con.8
Sex: Female
Dex.16
Health: 30/30
Cun.5
Mana: 65/65
Wis.19
Stamina: 90/90
Int.19
Skill Points: 2
Atk.8
Status Points: 15
Def.5
Title(s): The Beautiful
Luk.11
Class(es): Illusionist
Chr.32
Sub-Class(es): Spearman
+5Luk., -3Cun, +5Dex., -2Str., -2Con.
“What the Fuck” I shout in surprise while staring at her status menu. “What’s wrong Daemon” Grace exclaims nervously while grabbing at her spear. “Wh- what happen…” I exclaim, letting my sentence trail off, unfinished. “Hu-, you mean these? I thought about what you said and decided that I agree with you” Grace? Says while reaching up and grabbing ahold of her ears, now I know how she felt. “What do you mean ‘what I said’,” I ask consciously. “You know, when you said, ‘why does it matter?’ about being human.,” She replies while feeling her ears. “So… you didn’t take off the armor I take it,” I say more as a statement than a question. “What happens when you take your armor off?” I ask out of curiosity. “Watch,” she says while sticking her fingers under the edge of her armor and grinning at me.
Rare Grade Item “Metamorphosis Armor”
+5Def. +4Dex.
Metamorphosis forces its wearer to change their race once a day every day at midnight if not removed. (Current Morph: Rabbit Beastkin +5Luk., -3Cun., +5Dex., -2Str., -2Con. +Title “The Beautiful”)
She’s… perfectly normal. That’s… gonna take some getting used to but, it is pretty cool. “Ok then” I reply to her.
“Olivia, Lucy come on girls wake up,” I say, walking over to them and shaking them awake. “Good morning master,” a pair of voices resound in my head as they get up and, Lucy licks my hand. “Grace, look at the quest menu” I say solemnly, remembering my original intention when waking her up. “O- what? War?” She says, her eyes upturned and full of worry. “Yeah, I know, I think we need to go” I state in a quiet voice. “Don’t worry, we’ll get through this” I say, engulfing her in my arms and stroking her hair.
40 Minutes later
“Eye of the Beholder, Corpse Robbery”
-5Mp. Eye of the beholder “Direwolf”
Nothing gained
-5Mp. Eye of the beholder “Direwolf”
Nothing gained
-5Mp. Eye of the beholder “Direwolf”
“Unarmed Mastery” Level Up x1
-5Mp. Eye of the beholder “Direwolf”
Nothing gained
-5Mp. Eye of the beholder “Direwolf”
“Unarmed Mastery” Level Up x1
“Keen Senses” Level up x1
-5Mp. Eye of the beholder “Direwolf”
Nothing gained
-5Mp. Eye of the beholder “Direwolf”
“Keen Senses” Level Up x1
-5Mp. Eye of the beholder “Direwolf”
-5Mp. Eye of the beholder “Direwolf”
Nothing gained
-5Mp. Eye of the beholder “Direwolf Breeder”
Nothing Gained
-5Mp. Eye of the beholder “Werewolf”
“Super-Human Strength” Level up x1
“Keen Senses” Level up x1
-5Mp. Eye of the beholder “Dark Werewolf”
“Dark Dash” Level Up x1
“Unarmed Mastery” Level Up x1
“Eye of the Beholder, Transfer” I chant aloud.
“Unarmed Mastery” has leveled down!
“Unarmed Mastery” level down x2
“Healing Hands” has leveled down!
“Healing Hands” level down x2
“Status Menu” I mutter quietly
Name: Daemon Hawke
Level: 8 (135.1/1500)
Race: Fallen Angel
Str.15
Age: 18 Years
Con.15
Sex: Male
Wis.20
Health:99/100
Int.25
Stamina:125/125
Dex.25
Mana:100/100
Cun.15
Skill points: 2
Atk.13.75
Status points: 10
Def.7.50
Title(s): The First of Many, Former Martial Artist, Former Slaver, The Beautiful, The Dexterous, The Intelligent
Luk.18
Class(es): Unholy Bladesman
Chr. 50
Sub-Class(es): Unholy Crafter
Spd. 16.25
Per.19
“Distribute Status, 2Int., 2Wis., 6Con.” I state while closing the menu.
Reaching into my inventory, I pull out the werewolf corpse and Alpha dire wolf’s corpse and, using my knife, I cut a few choice pieces off of the bodies and store them back into my inventory. Once again reaching into my inventory, I pull out a piece of goblin meat, and start to set it next to the werewolf meat over the fire, only to be interrupted by Lucy’s growl. “What” I say exasperatedly at her. “It’s not uncommon for wolves to eat their own kind besides, I hate goblins” resounds an angry voice in my head. Slowly pulling back I store the goblin meat back into my inventory.
Twenty Minutes Later
Uncommon Grade Item “Werewolf Steak” x2 has been created
This steak is made of the meat of a strong Rare Grade “Werewolf”, and has decent restorative properties.
+10Sta. +5Hp.
Uncommon Grade Item “Dark Werewolf Steak” x1 has been created
This steak is made of the meat of a rare grade, mutated “Dark Werewolf and has minor alchemical properties.
WARNING! This food is moderately aligned with the darkness attribute and, if consumed by someone without an affinity for darkness and/or a Racial/Karmic affinity towards evil, can cause moderate too significant harm, or in rare cases even death. Especially effective towards creatures with Light/Holy Attributes.
+10Sta., +5Mp. For Darkness/Evil Attributed creatures, moderately Poisonous towards non-evil/darkness attributed creatures.
Rare Grade Item “Grilled Dark Werewolf Half-Heart” x1 has been created
This steak is made of the sliced-up heart of a rare grade, mutated “Dark Werewolf and has strong alchemical properties.
WARNING! This food is strongly aligned with the darkness attribute and, if consumed by someone without an affinity for darkness and/or a Racial/Karmic affinity towards evil, can cause significant harm or death. Especially effective towards creatures with Light/Holy Attributes.
+30Sta., +40Mp. For heavily Darkness Attributed creatures, and extremely poisonous towards Light Attribute creatures.
+1Dex. (permanent)
For creating 1 Rare Grade Items and 3 Uncommon Grade Items you have been rewarded!
+85Exp.
Picking up the plates, I walk over to the table and set our places while, leaving half of the heart in my inventory. While we eat, I open one of the menus added by the system update.
Welcome to the Lottery!
Point Exchange
Race Lottery
Skill Lottery
Status Point Lottery
Weapon Lottery
Armor Lottery
Potion Lottery
“Select option, point exchange”
Rare Grade Item “Piercing Leather Dog Shoes” (2 Lotto Coins)
Rare Grade Item “Frenzied Shadow Goblin Soft Armor" (2 Lotto Coins)
Uncommon Grade Item “Bloodstained Iron Dagger” (1 Lotto Coin)
Uncommon Grade Item “Shadow Iron Dagger” (1 Lotto Coin)
Uncommon Grade “Shadow Iron Axe” (1 Lotto Coin)
Rare Grade “Bloodied Dark Steel Dagger” (2 Lotto Coins)
Uncommon Grade “Frenzied Goblin Bow” (1 Lotto Coin)
Rare Grade “Aegis of Wind and Earth” (2 Lotto Coins)
Rare Grade “Embossed Direwolf Body Armor” (2 Lotto Coins)
Uncommon Grade Item “Direwolf Race Change Book” (1 Lotto Coin)
Common Grade Item “Gold Coin” x4 (4 Lotto Coins)
“Exchange Gold Coin x4” I state, “Open lottery.”
-1 Lotto Coin Status Lottery
Nothing gained
-1 Lotto Coin Status Lottery
+4 Con.
-1 Lotto Coin Weapon Lottery
Uncommon Grade Item “Shadow Iron Greatsword” has been gained
-1 Lotto Coin Weapon Lottery
Nothing gained
Picking up the blade in one hand, I give it a few experimental swings. Satisfied with the blade’s balance, I store it away into my inventory. Deciding to experiment some, I pull out a journal from one of the bins next to the wall and, concentrating on the journal I start channeling my mana and will into the book.
“Speed Reading” has levelled down!
Level Down x4
Uncommon Grade Item “Speed Reading Skill Book” has been created!
The user of this book will learn the “Speed Reading” skill.
+5% Reading Speed +1% per level
For creating an uncommon grade item, you have been rewarded!
+20 experience
Congratulations For unlocking a hidden feature of the skill “Eye of the Beholder”, Eye of the Beholder Skill Store, you have been rewarded!
Eye of the Beholder has leveled up x2!
For levelling the skill “Eye of the Beholder” from Novice to Advanced you are being rewarded!
+1 Skill Point
You have earned the Rare Grade Skill “Enchanting” Novice Level 1
This is the skill that is used to Imbue items with magical qualities.
Known Enchants: +5%Atk., +5%Def., +5% Spd.
Current Mana Cost: 50Mp. Per use
+1% Effectiveness and -1% Mp. Cost per level
Common Grade Skill “Speed Reading” Novice Level 9 has levelled up!
Level up x1
For levelling the skill “Speed Reading” from Novice to Advanced you are being rewarded!
+1 Skill Point
“Yes!” I exclaim loudly. I jump and reach for my blade as I hear a voice ringing out from behind me, “What happened.” “Ohhh good lord Grace,” I sigh out as it registers in my mind who’s speaking and as I release my hand from my dagger’s pommel. “I just found out a new function and learned a new skill,” I say aloud as I start to store the new skill book into my inventory. I toy with the thought of enchanting my current equipment before deciding against it. After all I don’t know if they can be removed or not. Making up my mind, I walk over to the bins and take out a goblin’s dagger and chant the spell, “Enchantment, Attack increase”
-40Mp.
Common Grade Item “Rusty Iron Dagger” +0.15Atk.
Common Grade Item “Rusty Iron Dagger” (Enchanted-Attack Damage Increase)
An old and very rusty iron dagger that might've been good quality at one point in time but, if so then it no longer shows.
+3 attack (+3.15Atk.)
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3 Hours Later
Rare Grade Skill “Enchanting” has levelled up to Novice Level 5
Current Enchantments: +5%Atk., +5%Def., +5% Spd., +1 Elemental damage (Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Light, Dark)
New Enchantment Learned!
+1 Elemental Damage (Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Light, Dark)
“Yes, I knew it!” I exclaim while wiping the sweat from my brow. “This, this is why I didn’t do it” I say happily. Leaning back on my heels, I survey my work. “Finally, that was all of them” I say to myself as I start collecting the Goblinoid weapons off of the floor and throwing them back into the bin. After sitting down to catch my breath for a few minutes, I get up and start gathering my equipment. “Are you girls ready?” I ask as Olivia tightens the straps on my armor. “Yes; Yes master” resounds mentally and physically. “Ok Let’s go then…”