*chirp chirp chirp
"hnnn"
The bird is too loud, It's morning already?
That's an awful night, I had a hard time sleeping for almost 1 hour maybe.
Fortunately it's just 1 hour.
Ughh.
I straightened my body to sit.
"Shit... my back"
My improvised dirt bed didn't help much, but still, it helped a little, fortunately there's some rag I found to help guard me from the cold and let my warmth sealed.
I'm lucky there's no mosquito, is there even a mosquito in this world?
...
I'm really in another world, huh...
I stretched to prepare my body for the day and walk outside.
I got out of the alley I was sleeping in, as I was about to be outside, I smell something aromatic, and creamy.
Is that bread?
*sniff
It is.
Freshly baked bread, it's near.
I followed the smell and found a store, with a counter specifically for customers to buy and receive products.
I could purchase some with this money in my pocket.
As I was approaching the bakery, the smell became more and more clear.
Its making me hungry for some reason.
How much is it, I wonder, I'll ask the baker the currency if possible.
As I got a little more closer in the counter, I recognized someone, the woman I've saved before.
She seems okay now, as if nothing happened, did her wound healed that instantly?
She seems unencumbered from moving, she's okay, I'm glad.
"Hello" I said.
Does she remember me?
"..."
She eyed me as though inspecting me, up and down.
"Hi, how can I help you?"
She doesn't seem to remember me, I guess she's too tired to even remember me that day, well she didn't really saw my face, only my voice.
"Um... can I buy some bread"
I handed her some coins to test, first I grabbed two silver just to be safe.
And then if she says that its not enough then I'll add according to how many.
I just hope the bread doesn't cost much more than 1 silver so as not to get scammed.
I can't just ask how much is the bread, better safe than sorry, I hate losing even a coin, I had a bad time dealing with my expenses.
There was one time, I paid a little too much on commuting, now I don't have the courage to ask for the exchange thus losing way too much.
I won't let it happen again!
That was in the past!
But anyway, she really is tall, brown-ish hair and silver eyes, I didn't notice it yesterday because it was kind of dark and she's asleep.
This is my first time seeing someone with that color of eyes, so it was normal in this world, I wonder what it symbolize or what culture is a person with a unique color of eyes is in this world.
"It only cost 1 silver coin for 1 bread, here"
She gave back my 1 silver coin back.
"I see"
"Wait here, I'll bring your bread to you."
...
I waited a little, after some time, she's back with a bag with bread more than one.
"Here"
What?
"Um, I only ordered one bread"
"It's fine, at first in the morning we gave two or more bread to the first customer, plus my father sees you and told me to give you more, he took pity in you"
Being poor kind of have its benefits huh.
Her father is kind
"Thank you" I said
I didn't refused and accepted it with a smile.
I immediately got into my place, a tree away from everyone except from one house.
I finished one giant bread and tried adding some fruits I still have.
It made it tastier a little bit, but I think it's not supposed to be added on bread.
Some fruits are starting rotting so I finished some that are still looking ripe.
After I finished eating, I checked my pouch.
I am left with 17 silver coins and 6 copper coins.
I got up and think of what to do, I made up my mind to take a stroll on the town and familiarize my self here.
As I was walking, I found various establishment.
There's a tailor, a tavern or inn, cakes and coffee shop with glass window to showcase, table and chairs outside.
I could go for coffee, I doubt I would be served though, not with these clothes.
As I was walking, I heard someone.
"Did you know, a member of an emperor visited here!"
"What? is this true, whom did you here this from?"
"It was true, I was there, I saw it with my own eyes, if you saw her you'll be shocked, It was as though she descended from the heaven, eyes glowing like ruby and body-"
As he was talking, the other man covered his mouth.
"Are you an idiot! speaking to the royalty that way could get us in trouble, you know how strict they are, didn't you learned any basic knowledge"
"Damn, sorry, I got excited, but you'll know what I feel if you saw her in person, that's just how beautiful her highness was"
"Well, if I saw a silver hair then I'll try hard to courtly look respectfully at those ti-"
This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.
"Hey!! You warned me first, now you?"
"Pfft, Hahahaha"x2
...
As they talk, the topic gradually changed into something more I cannot understand or have no interest anymore.
Well, what can I say to my number 2, It was made to make your jaw drop and to enchant you, but it angers me to know what they're thinking.
I can't find a use for this character for now, it would be risky to use.
There's also no point in creating a new, plus I'm still not familiar to this world.
I should focus on my survival, find a place to live and a bed to properly rest.
A job would be good, it will be hard with my situation though.
With my money, I think I could hold for 3 more days.
I hope I met that hooded man again killing someone again specially those two, just kidding.
I could use my Character 2 to extort money or items from people, though, its not ideal.
For now I entered the Inn I found.
The room was tidy clean and there was some kind of light that's illuminating the room, a rock that was embedded on all 4 corners of the room.
It was a wide room with 20 tables that could fit in it but only 10-15 as to keep the space.
There wasn't a lot of people, just a few, having their meal chatting.
They took a glance at me and didn't looked much, I guess I wasn't much of an important person both looks and fame.
I asked the counter server for their price of lodging and it was 2 silver coins, the bath and other services weren't included, for a beggar like me, it's too much but I don't have much of a choice.
I asked where to earn money and he pointed at the board with papers pinned on it.
"Oh"
Isn't this just like any other another world I read.
Typical quest or mission you need to accomplish to earn some money.
Let's see...
Gather Request, continuous
Requirement: anyone
Pick 50 Grass willow through the North-East in the forest, it grows through the shade of the trees.
Reward: 10 Silver coin
Time limit: Morning
North-East? the opposite near where I found the Bakery Woman, I named her Bakery Woman for now.
10 Silver coin, that's sustainable but isn't there some kind of risk?
There's a wolf in the forest right?
Encountering them would be a problem
I checked the other request but sadly, they're much more harder.
Mostly is just hard-labor, I wouldn't last in that job, I know, my body is weak.
Gather Request
Requirement: Strong body
Gather 50 buckets of limestone, carriage and protection will be provided.
Reward: 20 silver coins
...
There's not much hunting request or subjugation
There is a request with a gold background with a reward of 10 silver coins per kill, the body would be given, it says town mayor request.
The former request is more suitable for me, but risky.
"Um, sir, isn't there a wolf roaming around in the forest? would this quest be dangerous?"
I asked the bartender or the counter server as they both serve drinks and food but also accommodate lodging.
He looked at me, curiously, but smiled with interest after
"It is risky, but not much, depends on luck, a wolf doesn't roam very much on the day, they tend to be more active at night, they fear people most at daylight, but be careful not to be seen alone by them, I would immediately go to where trees aren't covering the ground"
"Lately, they seem to be in individual rather than a pack, I wonder what's made them like that, but still, be careful"
"I see, Thanks! sir!"
"You're welcome, I'm just helping out"
He smiled, the man with a vest with a neat appearance, he has a jade like black eyes, but it was hard to see with the light.
I didn't looked much as I could be regarded as rude.
Could I take this then?
"Of course, first let's register your name in this request as not to get taken by others"
"Eumaeus"
"Eumaeus it is"
He didn't find my name weird at all?
When I tell others my name they tend to ask if its really is my name.
Some people get amazed by my unique name, as though I was a rare monster.
"Here, it is in the pending folder, you may start now.
I got back to my place and ready myself to go North-East, there's not much to prepare though, I was empty handed.
The request just says gather, so there's no need for extra equipment.
I started walking, heading to the forest.
Wind was blowing in the direction of the forest, tree's leaves is dancing in the wave form.
Better to be careful than sorry, so I carefully watched the forest before entering.
Grass willow, grows on the shade of tree, fortunately there's a drawing on the request poster to help me know what exactly to pick up.
Problem is I have to pick up 50 of them, which I didn't thought to be so many.
I've seen one already not far, but I still have to enter.
There's three here.
Every 3-4 tree have a grass willow and has 2-5 grass willow in it, what is this even used for.
Never seen this thing before though, it looks like a flower with a cotton ball on top, maybe the ball is what they're after for, I still picked the whole thing just to be safe.
As I picked up 20, I got a little bit deep in the forest as it has more Willows in it and I already picked the rest near outside.
30 more to go.
I found 5-7 willow in one place, thinking that I was lucky I excitedly rushed to the place.
Being alone in the forest really is scary, the silence just keeps getting stronger and the coldness enveloping the place chills my body down because tree's head was covering the warm of the sun.
I finished taking the grass willow and now I have 35.
*rustle
!
What was that?!
With the silence of the forest, you could easily hear if something is moving and with the leaves and branches laid on the ground, one couldn't avoid stepping on them.
With a slight sound you could hear anything near.
I got nervous and inspected the place where the sound appeared, scanning the place alertly.
There doesn't seem to be anything.
Was it just my imagination?
Whether imagination or not, I still backed up a little, ready to run if anything were to pop up.
*chirp chirp chirp
Suddenly, the sound of a cricket slowly chirping permeated the place, breaking my alerted mind and body.
Maybe just a bug?
I can't see anything at all, anything hiding or anything.
*phew
I relaxed myself.
I continued searching for Willow to finish my work and get back to my place.
As the chirping sound of a cricket gradually disappearing the silence continued to grow again.
I changed my direction as there's no more willow in this direction and going there would get me deeper in the forest.
As I turned my back.
A rustling sound erupted, steps of an animal could be heard running and growling could be heard behind me.
Before I could turn again to see what's making the noise, a wolf is already near me, leaping to my face.
I instinctively grabbed it's neck and the left arm, it pounced in me and I couldn't control my balance, so I fall down on my back.
*growl!
The impact on the fall made my air on my lungs forcibly exhaled, my body froze but I didn't let my grip loose.
It tried to bite me but it didn't succeed as I was holding its head to keep a distance from its jaw to my head.
"FUCK!"
[Alerted, user is in distress and life is in danger]
[Loading]
What?!
GHhhh
I wouldn't be able to hold on for 30 seconds or less!
[Forcibly opening a mod]
[2. EliteMX: More Spells] (Loaded)
[Warning: The user lacked mana, user lacked Origin Mana]
[Forcibly giving]
AAAAAAAA! FUCKKK
My body and mind suddenly had a pain unbearable, coming through like a waterfall from within me, as if attacking my insides.
Not only do I have to keep this wolf, my body is also in pain!
Fortunately this pain is giving me a little strength, keeping my body to push a little more.
[Allocating points on the necessary spell]
After the message showed up, my mind suddenly received knowledge, entering my brain at a pace I couldn't be comfortable with.
What entered my brain was a knowledge on how to cast Fire Burst.
A spell mainly for close-ranged target.
I casted it using my knowledge using my other hand that is holding the wolf's arm, I directed my fist right directly at its abdomen.
The paws of the wolf scratched through my body, and the pain on my skin made me hasten my action.
Just as I was finished casting it, a ball of compressed flame erupted on my palm, seemingly about to burst at a touch.
I shoved it and a powerful impact greeted my hand and the wolf's body.
*wimp!
It wimped from the pain.
A powerful blaze ravages the wolf's body like a grater.
After a quick second, the flame penetrated through the wolf's body, killing it in an instant, leaving a hole to it's body.
...
"huff... huff..."
*sigh
My body is tired and stiff, I couldn't move
I looked at the body of a wolf while laying down, at least I'm safe for now.
But I really can't move at all, and my mind is getting fuzzy for some reason.
I just laid down for now due to fatigue.
But the second I closed my eyes, I fall asleep.
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I woke up, but the sky is slightly dimmed with a color of orange, the sun is about to set off.
I looked at my surrounding, standing up still fatigue.
The wolf's body was still there and my bag holding the grass willow was still here fortunately.
I still need 15 more willows though, I didn't continue because the sky is slowly getting darker, at least I should grab this wolf, money is money, I'll go back with money rather than nothing.
I started dragging the wolf and my stiff body back to the town.
The wolf had a burnt hole in it, caused by my Fire Burst.
The body is about the size of a 16 years old boy, fortunately.
It still seems to be young or is it the normal size of a wolf's?
As I was approaching the town, I saw the Bakery Woman looking for someone worriedly, I didn't mind her and continued to drag the wolf on the Inn, focusing to finish so I can rest.
This would cost me 10 silver coins, I'm not sure about the unfinished grass willow, maybe half the reward would be given.
I got in the inn and entered, what greeted me was a bustling people, eating and drinking happily.
I didn't mind them as they were busy, they didn't notice me so I just made my way through and showed the wolf to the counter server
The counter server smiled at the sight of the wolf and me as if looking something on me, it didn't last for too long and he grabbed the body of the wolf in to his side of table and brought it down, examining it.
"Hmm... It would only sell for 6 silver coin"
"6? But it said that killing 1 would give 10 silver coins?"
6? Is he trying to scam me?
I eyed him looking confused, he spotted my face and smiled.
"Well, the fur of the wolf is badly damaged, it couldn't be processed properly and it can't be sold easily, not with this quality but aside that, meat is meat so a 6 silver coin is the most reasonable price for this along with the fur"
I see, so it was the fur that sells, maybe the meat is 5 silver coin and the fur is 5, making it 10 silver coins overall if hunted properly without any damages.
I accepted the money without complain and asked about the request completion.
"If you didn't managed to finish it or incomplete you'll be charge depending on the magnitude of the request, so a deduct of 5 silver coin is required, along with the 15 less grass willow, this could only sell for 7 and silver and 10 copper"
"Isn't a deduction of 5 silver coins too much?"
"Well, this will actually go to the employer of the request, each request that is posted here aren't free, they have to pay 5-10 silver coins just for one request, so not only do they have to pay the taker of request, they also have to pay for the request"
The talking stretched for about a minute, The employer can also re-issue the request and it would only cost 1-3 silver coins, so the initial request is mostly costly.
...fine, it's not like I have any says, rather than this grass willow being kept, I should just give it.
I accepted it with a deduction of 5 silver
So I only earned 8 silver and 10 copper for risking my life.
Adding 17 silver and 6 copper my overall money would would be 25 silver and 16 copper, every 20 copper would be equivalent of 1 silver here.
*sigh
"Hey, bartender, who is this?"
I looked at the man talking to the counter server.
What I saw was a man with a wide build of body and a stature doubled my height.
What the fuck?
I was in awe.
Is this a human or a giant?
He was incredibly handsome too, cladded with red armor but not much from below.
I couldn't say it was a full body armor, more like a japanese style for flexibility.
"Just a kid, completing a request"
"I see"
He eyed me curiously, checking me.
And looked at the counter server as though he wants to know what's his thinking.
He broke his gaze at the counter server and looked at me.
"I'll go back to my group, my name is Bane anyway, what about you kid"
"Eumaeus"
"Nice to meet you, I'll be on my way then, be careful"
"Okay? Thanks, you too"
He made his through the crowd and sat at the group of 2 people.
*yawn
I was getting sleepy
"Can I rent a lodging?"
"Sure, it would be 2 silver coins"
I paid without much of a thought, I don't want to sleep in the dirt anymore, my back can't hold it at all.
"This is just for the night, 3 silver and 10 copper would be for the whole day"
"No, a night would be fine, I would also like to order food, is it okay to eat it in the room?"
"It's fine as long as you don't leave it too messy"
I picked the cheap food in the menu, costing me 2 silver.
Now I have 22 silver, I should not mind my money as the saying goes.
He handed me a key with a number on it and I straight headed to the 2nd floor of the In looking for the number 3 on a door.
After getting in, I ate my food and finished quickly.
*burp
I got to the bed and layed my belongings near.
"Pffhhh"
I sigh
I would repeat this tomorrow too...
Right! I remembered, the new mod.
I almost forgot, I opened the mod consciously and found a new mod opened on the number 2 while the others is still loading.
EliteMX: More Spells
This mod was made by EliteMX, the popular modder that made a lot of mods in the game, richly enhancing the gameplay and bringing new experience to the game.
I tapped the Mod and another window showed up.
As the name suggest, it brings more spells that can be learned rather than the limited one's on the game.
I checked the spell list and spell tree.
...
Where's the original spell of the game?
It wasn't here, I checked everywhere, clicking every button that could possibly show it but there's nothing.
The mod's spell is the only thing here.
Without the original spells, I couldn't learn the advanced spells without the requirements of the original spells.
The only thing useful here is the first row of spells that could be unlocked and upgraded, but in the end, it is still basic spells.
Without advance spells I will be stuck with tier 1 spells.
The only spells I could continuously evolve is the mana upgrade.
I remembered that there is always a 3 free points every game I played.
I looked at the Spell points and it was 2 rather than 3.
It was used, the Fire Burst perhaps
I looked at the fire element skill section and it was unlocked
Its damage was 30 and the mana consumption was 30 with a cooldown of 5 second.
It was the strongest beginner spell a player could get.
How could I know how much mana do I have though?
I have no Status Window
"System?"
Nothing was showing up, I guess this really is not your typical system.
There's no indicator for health, mana, exp and stats.
How could I even upgrade my attributes without the Status Window...
"For now, I think I should upgrade mana once, upgrading mana once for now is good strategy for beginners in game, because it doubles your overall mana, while the 3rd upgrade would only add 20 rather than multipliers"
Wait, was it the reason why I got tired using Fire Burst, as I remember, a new game character would only have 30 mana at startup.
That was the only explanation.
I upgraded my mana to level 2 thus doubling my max mana to 60
Now I can use Fire Burst twice.
Fire Burst has massive damage but useless if it miss and if a person lacked mana.
With one punch it took all your energy.
If you missed your punch then it's all over.
*sigh
It was useful in the fight on that wolf though, luckily the wolf didn't had the chance to dodge.
Guess the mod helped me there.
For the remaining points, I'll save it.
It would be a waste if I were to use it then it isn't even needed.
Better be careful than sorry.
*yawn
That's my cue, let's
sleep.
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