Chapter 2: Starting Out

When Xvaris woke up he found himself in the middle of a town square. All around him players were bustling about along with npcs. A few people in the crowd were staring at him with curious looks on their faces. Xvaris felt uncomfortable with them staring at him not knowing why.

Finally he heard why they were staring. Apparently instead of him appearing in the town square standing up looking confident like all the other new players. He appeared lying down rolling on the floor holding his head, and even foaming at the mouth while screaming. Then he just stopped and lay there for an hour.This had caused many people to be concerned for his mental stability. All around him he could hear people commenting on this situation.

“Hey did you see that weirdo that was screaming”{player 1}

“Yeah something must be wrong with him.”{player 2}

“He's probably retarded or something”{player 3}

Not being able to stand all the attention Xvaris quickly ran off into one of the side alleys. When he finally calmed himself down he noticed he could see a tiny screen saying announcements floating in his sight. Just by thinking about it a bunch of system announcements popped up

[New Adventure]

[Welcome to the world of New Age Adventure Online]

[You received the Starter pack]

[x10 bread added]

[X1 old rusty dagger added]

[x1 water jug added]

[x5 copper coins added]

[Blessings of Kuq’Seenae Lv. 1]

[You have been blessed by the Goddess of serpents and poison]

[Received +5 Dex +5 poison affinity]

[these blessing can become more powerful depending on your actions]

[Curse of the Light Gods]

[For receiving a blessing from a dark god the gods of light have cursed you]

[Due to this curse holy magic will not work on you nor can you use it]

[-10 reputation from Light temples]

[-2 charisma]

[This curse can become more powerful depending on your actions]

These messages startled Xvaris a little. ‘Since when was Kuq’Seenae a goddess, and when did he receive her blessing. Wait was that what that vial was. So now I won’t be able to be healed just great.’

Xvaris might be antisocial but that didn’t mean he never played a video game before which means he know how important healing magic is to surviving in a game. ‘Well I can’t do much about that now I guess’ he thought as he tried to figure out a way to open up his stats.

First he tried saying stats out loud. After a few more failed attempts he remembered how he was able to open up the announcements just because he thought of it so he decided to try that method.

‘Open Stats’ he thought loudly in his head.

A small window popped up

[Stats Window]

Name: Xvaris Serpentus

Race: Human

Class: N/A

Level: 1 Exp: 0

Hp: 100   Mp:180 Stamina: 190

Strength: 10

Dexterity: 14(5)

Constitution:10

Intelligence: 18

Wisdom:     14

Charisma:  10(-2)

Endurance:   16

Affinities

Fire: 0

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Water: 0

Air:   0

Earth: 0

Holy: N/A

Darkness:0

Poison: 5

Plant: 5

When Xvaris saw his stats he thought they looked pretty good considering the fact that in  most games he played 10 was the average stat, but seriously charisma was 8 because of that damn curse.

‘Who ever these Light Gods are they will pay. An eye for an eye and a Tooth for a tooth.’ thought Xvaris as he walked out of the alley and started looking for a training hall or something similar to that.

When he read his affinities he wondered when he gained the plant affinity and what it does.

As He thought that a system announcement popped up.

[Affinities]

[The more affinity you have for certain elements the more powerful magic for that element is.]

[Also you gain a % of resistance equal to your level of affinity for that element]

As he walked around he observed the crowd of people around him trying to absorb any useful information. Even though most people were giving him a wide berth he still overheard a few useful bits of conversation.

He found out that the town's name is Kavar. The town is a small port on the northern shore of the Kingdom of Ravana.

When Xvaris arrived at what seemed to be the training hall. He tried to go into the the hall without too much attention. It seemed that there was only on trainer in the town. Xvaris walked over to him.

“What do ya want.”asked the Trainer the with a loud drill instructors voice.

“I..have…...come...to ….train...sir.”

“Oh really you want to train, even from not seeing you move I know you are a weakling. What weapon have the gods granted you?”

Xvaris pulled out the old rust dagger that had appeared in his inventory. When he did the Trainer started to laugh at him.

“Hahahaha..That’s your weapon, get out of my sight before I kick you out of it!” The Trainer had lost all pretense of friendliness when Xvaris pulled out a dagger. Not only was he a weakling but he also wielded one of the most dishonorable weapons.

‘What's his problem all’ Thought Xvaris as he walked away feeling like everyone was staring at him.

“Hey did you see that guy just now?”{player 1}

“Yeah what do you think he did to get the instructor that mad?”{player 2}

“I don’t know but isn’t that the same guy from the town square.”{player 1}

“Hey you stop right there.” a man dressed in full plate armor walked out of the crowd of people that had been standing there watching the trainer berate a new player.

Xvaris just looked at him. It was extremely painful for him to talk so he just kept walking ignoring the man completely.

“Hey are you a coward, to scared to even speak to me running away from me with your tail tucked between your legs.” The man in armor grinned when Xvaris stopped.

“So are you really brave enough to fight me or are you just foolish.” He smirked “I Lord Froskas squire challenge you to a duel.”  After he spoke a window popped up.

[Duel]

[Justin Felight Lv. 3 has challenged you to a duel]

[Yes/No]

Xvaris was angry very, very angry. Call him anything you want, call him dumb, ugly, evil, or even dishonorable, but never call him a coward. He pulled out his dagger and immediately thought ‘Yes’.

[Duel Rules]

[You will not be punished for dying in a duel]

[Any money on your person will be given to the winner of the duel]

[time limit: 10:00 min]

[5]

[4]

[3]

[2]

[1]

When the countdown hit zero Justin charged at Xvaris…….

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