Our hero, Arita, has just begun striking the anvil. Why is he doing that? Because Eric asked him to do it. He wanted to see how much and for how long he can hit the anvil for.
Arita... He isn't going to give up soon. He sees his Stamina bar drop fast but that doesn't stop him. He decided to get atleast 100 hits in on the anvil.
Before he could finish his 20th he was already tired.
Eric: "Oi Arita. You look tired. Take a break for a little."
Arita: "No thanks... I'll keep going.."
Arita keeps hitting the anvil. Due to the stamina bar running out his HP bar is now dimishing. But not as fast. 5 HP out of his 100 drops every hit. By the time he gets half-way done to his goal... His HP is low...
When your HP is low wounds open automatically on your body... Now... Arita's body was wounded like he was shredded by a bear.
Blood coming out of every possible spot. But Arita... He isn't going to give up until his last 5 hp. Eric looks at Arita impressed. He has never seen such spirit.
When Arita gets 55 hits... His HP is too low. 5 hp is left. He can't hit anymore. Eric stops him.
Due to being so stubborn he gets a skill
"Iron Will"
This means Arita will never give up. Eric is impressed. A pop-up appears.
"Due to the player hitting the Anvil for a long time he gets the skill Smithing."
Arita finally got the skill he wanted. Smithing. Eric sees the bloody Arita and decides to send him to the potionist. Upcourse he goes with Arita. The potion maker named Cawer freaks out due to seeing Arita bleeding, A LOT. Eric explains what happened.
It wasn't even day time before Arita collapsed due to low HP... Arita didn't know what "overworking" meant because he was confined to his bed for his entire life basically. Cawer gives Arita a health potion and lets him rest on a bed. He decides to give Arita lessons about alchemy and potion making too due to seeing him in this state and knowing he has an Iron Will.
Another pop-up appears before the collapsed Arita.
"Reputation in the Crafting Alley has gone up by 5 points. 95 remaining till maximum."
Due to Arita being the first player to get Smithing and Iron Will that pop-up popped up. It wasn't until later that other players joined. The other players came at 16:00. The time the game OFFICIALY was released. Arita got in first because of his... Circumstances...
The reason why Arita was on that train was because of the creators of "Luminate Online". His father wanted to work for the company and because of that they were in that mess. So they thought that was the least they could do to Arita.
Arita woke up at 14:30. Arita worked on alchemy for the next 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Cawer: "Oi Arita! You messed up the order again! Put the herbs before the mushrooms!"
Arita: "Oops! I'll do it correctly this time, sir Cawer!
Cawer: "Don't worry little boy. I'll shape you up to become an alchemist and potion maker."
Arita: "Thank you, sir Cawer!"
Cawer: "You are too honest Arita... The world will take advantage of you this way."
Arita: "Don't worry about that!"
Cawer: "Well... Maybe you will take advantage of the world. Caretaker."
Everybody knew the class Arita had. The caretaker. The caretaker "Took care" of the world.
It was announced that at 16:00 an opening party will be held. And at 20:00 the first weekly boss will be summoned.
Weekly bosses were strong usually but because it was summoned so early it was weak. It still looked strong to the new players though. It's stats were higher.
Arita worked at the Smith and at the Potion Maker for the rest of the 3 hours. When the clock hit 19:00 he went out to the fields to get his first kill.
Due to working at the smith and Potion maker his stats Increased.
He opened his status to check his stats before heading out.
Name - Arita
Strength - 15
Agility - 13
Vitality - 20
Magic - 10
Dexterity - 20
Charisma - 15
Class - Caretaker.
His stats increased by 3-10 points. It was a huge change for him. But for the people who hunted for 4 hours straight... Those stats were nothing. You gained more stats from leveling. It was hard for Arita because of his Class.
When he met a rabbit he easily snapped it's neck. He also got a sword from Eric the smith. It was an old iron sword. Didn't have a lot of damage. Only 2-3. Rabbits had 2 health. Wolves 3 HP. Imps 6 HP.
He easily killed rabbits and wolves. The Imps... Posed a small threat. They usually hunted in groups. Wolves didn't but there were some packs of wolves.
When he met the first group of Imps. They consisted of 10 people. He ran. And ran. But the Imps were as agile as him. He was unable to outrun them until a person with the special class "Swordshero" came through and killed them. Swordshero had a huge strength boost at the start. Agility was only 2 though. Moved very slow.
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When he came ended his hunt of 1 hour he killed:
10 rabbits.
5 wolves
3 Imps.
He got 10 rabbit hide, 5 wolf hide and only 1 imp hide. Then it was time for the... Boss fight.
All players were teleported to the boss room and the things they were doing were put on pause.
When they entered the boss mob appeared. He opened the status window for the boss.
Name: Pumpkin King
Strength - 100
Agility - 100
Vitality - 100
Magic - 100
Dexterity - 100
Charisma - 100
The Pumpkin King. A weekly boss. The weakest one of them though.
Most people were ready for this. Even Arita. Now... The Pumpkin King screams. It shocks half of the players and they become unable to move. Arita was on the people who could move. They charged at the pumpkin king. They get hits in. The pumpkin king had 100 vitality aka 1000 health. Arita needed to hit him atleast... 70 times. But he had assistance. There were shield users at the front. Then swords and spear users right behind them striking at the boss. At the back of the monsters there were dagger users.
Behind the 2 front lines there were Magic and Bow class users. Also people using throwing weapons.
Arita... Was not in any line. He was jumping around the boss and striking him. He was the attention of the boss mob due to being the most annoying and doing the most damage to the boss mob because the others could only attack the boss mob when he wasn't hitting them.
Arita did 350 damage to the boss mob alone. When he did 350 damage he was... Hit. The boss mob had gotten a hold of him and smashed him into the wall.
The boss mob looked like a pumpkin what had arms and legs. The arms held a huge club.
Arita lost almost all of his HP. He had 1 HP left. A healer rushed to him. Healers were usually girls due to men wanting to do the offense. But... There was a problem. The boss mob was focused on Arita. When the healer healed Arita to full health... He was hit again. That repeated many times. Arita was bloodied and then healed. Then bloodied again.
In the end the healer gave up. Wasted too much MP. Arita had... 25 health. He had only 75% of the wounds he had when he had 1-5 HP.
Aka the only part not wounded was his arm what held his sword... Lucky him. He could strike at full strength once.
Due to hitting the boss mob so much the boss mob had only 10 HP left.
The pumpkin king looked like the Tomato King. He had only 1 arm left and what held the club. The Pumpkin what was around the core of the boss was cracked. Arita took that change and hit the Pumpkin open and smashed the core. Ending the bosses life. Due to him getting the first and last hit.. He got the special reward. A pop-up appeared infront of everyone.
This pop-up appeared infront of Arita.
"Defeated the weekly boss. Due to being the most active player you get the Special Reward.
You get 500 XP. You only need 100 XP more to level up to level 2. Due to being the Caretaker you get an extra item."
Another Pop-up appeared.
"Awarded Special Reward - Enchanted Light Armor."
And another one.
"Extra Item from class - Pumpkin King's Core"
The first weekly boss was defeated. And Arita... Was surprised. Due to having the core of the pumpkin king he could summon monsters what the Pumpkin King usually would've. Aka smaller pumpkins with axes.
He equipped the Enchanted Light Armor. His stats increased a little too.
Name - Arita
Strength - 25
Agility - 20
Vitality - 40
Magic - 35
Dexterity - 50
Charisma - 15
Class - Caretaker.
His charisma didn't increase because he didn't communicate with his allies. Arita walked out victoriously.
Another pop-up appeared.
"Reputation increased in Lumina by 15. Current reputation in Lumina is 15. In the Crafters Alley it is 20."
Thus ended Arita's day. He grew... A LOT. Still didn't level up though. What will he do tomorrow?
We shall soon figure that question out.