Ch 4 – I’m Not a Child But I Still Hate Job Hunting._New Origins Online

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New Origins Online

Volume 1 – The Town of Beginning, Démarrer.

Ch 4 – I’m Still Young and I Hate Job Hunting.

nim immediately went to grab her potion.

Haaaaa.

The potion eases the pain she had received from the 'Mr. Cricket'. Ever since nim was a child, she hated pain. She had received a wound in her knee when she tripped. This is the most painful experience nim had before but now it is changed.

The kick coming the 'Mr. Cricket' is so painful. She has no painful experiences that can be compared with.

She then took a deep breath to calm herself so that she can think more clearly. The attack earlier came from a level 5 monster. If a monster with that level can deal a very painful attack then what’s more to monsters with higher levels. The realization makes nim scared so she wants to prevent it as much as possible. And so, she decides not to be a swordsman anymore.

Swordsman has a good attack and health which makes them good for soloing because they have a stable health to hunt while having the ability to kill. But its tank aptitude which nim now hates. Tanking will receive attacks, an attack means damage, and damage means pain. She does not want to feel it again so she will not be a swordsman anymore.

< Status >. She then invoked.

~Ping~

<< Status >>

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Name: nim Lv: 10

Race: Human

Job: Novice

Status: _None_

Headgear: _None_ R arm: Copper Dagger

U body: Novice Shirt L arm: _None_

L body: Novice Short Foot: Novice shoes

Waist: Fur Belt

HP: 253 / 360

MP: 245 / 245

ATK: 80 (+14)

DEF: 30 (+6) RES: 25

Str: 75

Agi: 25

Vit: 25

Int: 25

Dex: 25

Money: 800 G

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nim had allocated all of her stat points to str. This is to hasten her level grinding. If she can immediately kill the monsters then she can move on to her next opponent. There is no reason for her to be scared because there is a stat reset. Stat reset allows the player to return all the allocated stat points to re-allocate them again.

Her race choice has been also good because humans are well balanced. They can take any job they want. Though, it will make her inferior to other that has chosen a job designated to their race. But nim does not have the leisure to choose her designated job race. Not when she received that kick.

Jobs are the one that gives players the ability to use skills. These skills will help the players during their fight. It can be a boost, spell attack or support. Their varieties made the game fun. Each job holds different kinds of game play. They can either be tanks, support or damage dealer and many more. Jobs can only be acquired by doing certain requirements.

There are also hidden jobs. Hidden jobs can only be triggered when you meet its requirements. This made them hard to find or acquire because they act like a normal NPC when you still have not yet meet its requirements. Although, they are much harder to find, initial jobs are not inferior to hidden jobs or the other way around. No, job is stronger than the other job. So hidden jobs only provides wider game styles.

Each job is categorized by their similarities and their categories are then called class. There were a lot of jobs so they were categorized to make job choices easier. There are five classes: Warrior, Light-footed, Projectile, Mage, and Crafter class.

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Warrior

Warriors are the tanker class. They have a good hp and defense which made them tanky enough to receive the attacks. They are needed during raid boss to protect those who are squishy but can deal good damage or can support the team.

nim has no intention of picking this class so there is nothing to discuss much about it. They will tank damage which she is trying to avoid. She hates pain after all.

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Light-footed

Light-footed classes are very agile and have keen senses. They fill in the role scout class. They are also the one who reacts at certain emergencies like when the rear is being attacked and someone has to confront those attacks. They have two classification: martial artists or weapon user. From their name itself, Martial artists use bare-hands while the other one uses light weapons.

They are a good substitute for the swordsman. If she hates receiving attacks then she just have to evade them.

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Projectile

Projectiles are those who attack at a distance with physical attacks. They can deal a large amount of damage before the enemy reaches them allowing them to pick off lone enemies from a distance. Though they have good physical damage, they have a very low magic damage so they are weak against enemies with high defenses.

They can be a good candidate for her job if not for its squishy, slow farm because projectiles have limited aoe(area of effect) skills, and weak against high armored enemy because they have no magic skills. She can pick the hidden job Mystic archer for magic-physical combination but raising its level is hard because she will sacrifice dex for int for the 100 int requirements.

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Mage

Mages are the counterpart of projectiles. Their physical attacks are low but they have the highest magic arsenal. Unlike projectiles, they have a lot of aoe skills which makes them more potent than the projectiles. But their stamina and health are very low, and they will need a chant whenever they use skills.

Although they have the aoe skill which nim needed for a fast farm, their chant time is its main issue. Every single mage has a chant time so supports and bards are included in the mage category, the song of the bard is considered as a chant. So they will require a tank to hold down the enemies while they cast their chants. If nim wants to be a mage then she will have to pick the arc wizard which has a lowered chant time.

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Crafter

Crafters are the one who crafts items. They are mostly the one who deals businesses. They still have some battle assisting skills like how supports have damage dealing skills but they are not as good as the adventurer job’s skills. Basically, they craft for the whole game. It is hard for them to collect items at the beginning. So they use the combat skill to gain levels and items. Then they turn it for self defense later on.

nim does not want to be a crafter and will craft for the whole game. She could not fathom that she will craft for the whole game when she can instead be an adventurer and enjoy this whole game.

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She then lies flat.

Little lights pierce through the forest’s leave. It is calming to watch the swaying of the leaves and hear the soundly humming of its leaves. nim really deemed the forests as being beautiful. She then closed her eyes to feel more the forest.

While she closed her eyes, her mind is in deep thoughts.

‘Will I still be able to set foot in this forest if I became a crafter? Or find any beautiful places such as this forest? It is hard for crafters to protect their self against monsters. They won’t be able to travel at other beautiful places. For the whole game they will be crafting and crafting and crafting. It’s boring if all I do is crafting for the whole game.’

nim then stands up.

She doesn’t have to rush decisions. Crafter class does not have to be the first pick but a last choice if she has no more job to choos from. There is also a job change which is very convenient. nim thinks that this game is really friendly user with how it functions.

She then went back to the town to find some job.

“Wrong. It’s ‘namt nkuno kentck’”

nim is right now taking the job wizard. She thought that the arc wizard class seems good enough. Its requirement is simple and easy to comply with it needing the character as a wizard with an 'old clock' item and find the arc wizard master at the clock tower. Also, arc wizards has the fast cast spells which will allow nim to kill strong opponents before they could get near.

But she is having a hard time right now.

“nam….kuno…kent”

The requirement to become a wizard is to memorize some language.

“Wrong. It’s ‘NAMT-NKU-NO-KENTCK’” corrected nim’s pronunciation by the mentor.

This antagonized nim. She could not tolerate the need to learn a new language. It would have been ok if she would just memorize the chant but to have the correct pronunciation also is asking too much. She has hated English before when she is still a child because it has a lot of rules. So to completely learn a new language is unbearable for nim.

So she decided to quit.

“I…”

“Hmmm? What is it?”

“…quit”

“………..”

He stood silent for a minute before answering.

“Understood, it must be hard for you.”

nim nodded. she is glad that he understands.

“Don’t worry. Learning the ancient rune is hard. We already had a lot of people quitting.”

“……….”

nim now do notice that mages has a low counts. So she is not the only one who quit but others too.

“…Sorry…..and thank you for understanding”

Now she felt sorry for doing so.

“Don’t mind it miss. If you ever had a change of heart, come and enroll again”

“……Will do” while bowing.

“Bye then” he bid his goodbye.

“…bye”

And then she left.

She felt sad that she left them but mage is probably not suited to her after all.

After she has left the wizard building, she is greeted again by the street. It is still rowdy but still fun and lively. This calmed nim’s mind and she is now more determined to get a job.

‘If I want to be like them, I should get a job for me.’ She thought

< System Map>

~Ping~

<< System Map >>

And then she move on to her next job candidate.

~Drip~

‘I really hate alleys.’

Nim is now back to the alley again. Her next job is placed deep within the alley. And she still hasn’t overcome her hate to the alley. It is creepy, dark and dirty. She felt like any moment she might get attacked.

~Drip~

A water droplet fell at nim’s head which further increases her hate to alleys. So she hastened her pace.

After a couple of steps, she was able to arrive where the map is pointing.

In front of her stands a building with a signboard that has two daggers forming an X pattern, it is the sign for the assassins. Assassins have good damage and speed which enables them to effectively evade enemy attacks. nim thought that assassins would be a good substitute for swordsman who has strong atk and high health. If she can’t endure pain then she instead evades them.

She would have already opened the door and try the assassin's training but the door and signboards are also aged with a lot of cut marks. It is almost like a killer has just pass through this building.

She dismisses the thought and musters up her courage. She then enters.

~Creeeaaaak~

Creepy.

And dark.

She can’t see a single person. Almost like an abandon house.

“He...llo……?”

…

Silent.

No one greets her so she decided to leave because it is creeping her out,

Until she hears a voice.

“Ho-ho if you can’t bear a little darkness like this then it is a good choice to leave”

She instinctively look at the source of the old man’s voice. she has to tilt my her head upward to see him. He is standing at one of the wooden beams and glaring at nim. It is too dark, so she can only see his foot.

“Although I did say to leave…” he then jumped down.

~Tap~

Now, nim can now see him clearly. He is a human with a black clothing from bottom to top. Only his old face and white hair is exposed.

“…It is our rules to accept those who are willing to take the job assassin. Even if they are not qualified”

“……….”

This makes nim silence. She doesn’t know if she should be grateful that she can take the job assassin or be angry because she was just deemed unqualified.

“Ho-ho, a quiet person indeed. It is a rare to find one these days. Most of the people who apply are noisy and energetic brats”

‘He is probably referring to the plane walkers.’ nim thinks.

She is already here so she should go for the assassin.

“…I…want to be… an assassin…”

“I see. Although you want to be an assassin, your resolve is low. Being an assassin is hard, brat”

nim gets angry by being called as brat. She doesn’t want any names that will make her remember being small. Now she starts to hate him.

“…I…still want to try….”

“Try is not the answer brat. It’s ‘will become’.” He then turns his back at me.

I’m not a brat.

“I’m nim…not brat” She clarified it to him.

“Ho-ho, I forgot. Call me Master Wang, brat” and he moved forward

‘I really hate you’

“Come in. Training will begin. The requirements of light-footed are to know the basic footsteps and to have strong senses.”

‘I see, so this dim environment was made to enhance our senses.’ nim thought

“What are you waiting for brat? Are you coming or stay?”

“Coming…”

‘I hate him.’ She complained but still follows him.

As they went deeper, the room gets darker. nim hates the dark which is why she would always leave her room bright and always carry a flashlight besides her bed, in case of black out.

After a minute of anxiety and fear, the old man then stopped.

“This should be enough” he then faces nim.

“I will have you improve your footsteps and senses here.”

“I see…what should I do?”

“What else?” he then vanished

“Other than fight”

nim took a kick in her stomach.

“Guh…” I groaned in pain.

“React faster, brat. If you don’t want to get beaten”

‘I really hate you.’ She then stood up

And went offensive.

A one sided-beating. She could not follow him or have the strength to resist his attacks. And he does not know how to hold back. Although the attacks do not reduce nim’s health, she still feel the pain. She hates pain. She felt that the whole training is pure torture.

She can hardly feel that she has improved. She thought that he will first teach the basics. She won’t be able to fight effectively if she does not know the basics. So will really be defeated one sidedly because of the improper training.

Is what nim thought.

She takes another kick in her stomach. Almost like a déjà vu.

“…guh” she groans again.

‘It hurts.’

‘I hate pain.’

“You won’t be able to do anything by just swinging your dagger, brat”

‘Then teach me.’

‘I can’t do anything if I don’t know anything.’

“If this is all you got, then it is better to quit.”

‘I hate you’ But she tried to contain her anger.

“…Is there…haaaa… any basics?”

“Ho-ho, did I not tell you earlier? Being an assassin is hard. They were not like the knights or any sorts. Assassins are just killers that were trained to be such. And that is why the training is merely sparring. You learn by experience”

‘So assassins are lunatics for you. But this is merely a game. We do not kill people.’

“If you can’t bear it, then leave. Be happy that you were given the opportunity to try. We do not need brats like you who only know how to cry when they get hurt.”

“…I do not cry…haaaa…I just hate that you do not teach the basics”

“Ho-ho, speaking aren’t we? It seems I hit the right spot.”

“I hate you”

“Then leave, I also hate you. I hate a person who only knows how to complain but do not know how to persevere”

‘Then I will gladly take the offer. I can’t bear you anyway.’

“haaaaa,….I leave then”

‘This is pure torture. You are just hurting me.’

‘I hate pain.’

“Hahaha, then leave. I do not want weak willed people.”

“Fine by me”

And then she left.

“Such a waste.” He murmurs.

He finds it a waste to let nim leave. Finding a person with a silent personality and a human at that is hard to find. He is already happy that there is such person applied for assassin. But he can’t be too easy for her. Or else, she will be spoiled.

‘Sigh* I have been too harsh to the brat I guess. Well, it’s up to the brat whether she will come back or not. If she doesn’t want this kind of training then she cannot be an assassin. I am not a nice guy after all.’

~Tap~

nim is now walking fast to vent out her anger.

"What is wrong with that guy? Do he really need to beat a girl to learn? How can anyone learn with that kind of training?"

"Oy~ do you want some some chocolate little girl~ It is very sweet~"

Veins popping out.

'Little.......girl'

"I'm not a little girl" and she left.

"What is wrong with her?"

< System Map >

~Ping~

<< System Map >>

She then decided to take the brawler job.

In front of nim is the brawler’s training ground. Unlike the assassin’s building, this one is cleaner and has better scenery. It is built in a middle of woods with its walls made of wood. It is well organized and well made.

After observing the scenery, she then hears a person.

“Haaa, haaa, raaaaah!”

~Thunk~

It sounded like a wood have been cut into two. It came from the back of the building. This makes nim curious as what is happening. So she went to check it out.

His shouts are getting louder and louder as she closes in. With every three consecutive steps she made, another wood will be cut. This makes nim more curious. She wants to know who is training whether he is a student or an instructor.

Her questions have been answered when she arrives.

Standing there is a male human. He has muscles but not that buffed, has a black spiky hair, is wearing a tattered white clothes and white short, and wears a red headband and two orange gloves. He almost looks like the guy from the game street fighter.

Right now he is in training.

“Haaaaayaa!”

~Thunk~

The wood like doll has been cut down with his foot.

With each attack he makes, a wooden doll breaks down.

~Thunk~

After he break down the last doll he then breaths deeply.

“Suuuuu, I’m finished.” He then looks at his back.

This startled nim when he locks eye at with the brawler guy.

“Oh, a new face. Are you applying for the brawler, missy?”

This made her awkward.

“Ah…I……am applying”

“Hmmmm…Your attitude should not be preserved. You should be mooore eccentric and energetic like a brawler.” while he opens his both arms wide open.

‘I am starting to hate this job.’

“Is…that so?”

“Hmmmm… well, we can work with that attitude of yours later. With the new rules being implemented, everyone can take any jobs. As of now, there are more things to learn. Come inside, I will prepare a tea.”

nim finds this man more gentle and kinder than her previous instructor. She deemed him as someone she will like.So she followed him.

“Sorry for waiting,” while he carries a tray with two cups and a teapot.

“…Don’t mind it”

He then took a sit in front of nim and places the tray between them.

“Drink it while we have a conversation”

He then took the teapot and pours it at the two cups. He takes one of the cups while nim also take her share.

“My name is Guts. And yours?”

“nim”

“Hmmmmm… so Nim. As a brawler, you will need to acquire the requirements of a light-footed class before becoming a brawler. The requirements are to have a good senses and a balanced footing” he then took a sip

It is almost the same for the assassins.

“Before I train you into a brawler, I will first train you the way of the light-footed”

‘Good, so I will learn the basics this time.’

“…Yes”

I then took a sip. ‘Delicious.’

“Now that’s the spirit. We will begin after you rest a little bit. You just arrived so training early might strain you. So while at we are it, why don’t we have a little chat?”

‘He is nicer than Master Wang.’

“Fine by me…” and took she another sip.

“Ok, so why did you want to become a brawler?”

This saddened nim because she remembers the torture.

“…No reason”

“Hmmmm…no reason is hard to believe. Every decision has its own reason. Even if you just randomly pick between two boxes, a reason has been made because you don’t know what to pick so you randomly choose”

“……….”

nim is surprised. She thought that he is a muscle head guy but his answer earlier proves it to be wrong.

“Well, if you don’t want to share it then fine by me” he then sip all the tea within his cup.

He took the teapot to refill his cup and gestured so that he can also refill nim’s cup. nim accepted his offer.

“You are really so silent. I don’t think I can change that personality of yours.”

It’s good that you understand.

“I just hope that the spirit of the brawler be with you”

“…Spirit?”

“Brawlers love to fight. Even if the enemies are stronger we do not waver. That is the spirit of a brawler”

Now nim sees it more unfitting for her.

“Well, even if you do not want that much fighting, you can still be a brawler because of the rules”

‘I’m glad to hear that.’

nim noticed something. She kept hearing the word ‘rules’ many times. But who made this rules? Of course it is the producers or game developers. These rules are made so that every players can try every single jobs without any problem or conflicts.

“I think it is about time I train you.”

I nodded and put the cup on the tray.

And followed him.

“Leave your weapon here. We don’t need one.”

“Yes”

I then put down my dagger to where his finger points to.

“Come, we will be training at a certain room” he then started walking.

“As of now, we will have to grind the requirements for the light-footed class. This is why we have to train in that room.”

“What is in that room?”

“You will see” he grinned

‘Somehow, I have a bad feeling.’

“We will be training within this room.” While he holds the door knob

‘I really have a bad feeling.’

“Watch your step. It is dark inside” and then he opened the door.

‘I knew it; I will be training at the dim room again.’

‘I hope he is not like old man, right?’

“What…are we going to do?”

“What else?” He then did a strong fist bump with his two hands while grinning.

“We fight.”

‘This is not good.’

I thought you were better.

“Now, now. Don’t look at me like that. We are called brawler because we love fighting”

I then took a kick in the stomach.

‘Why my stomach again?’

“Ugh”

“Stand up, stand up. The party is just beginning” while hopping

This made nim angry so she also throws some punches.

‘Why does it have to be like this?’

In the end, she could not lay a finger like the old man.

“Hah, hah….I’m tired”

“Well, it seems so. Let’s have a break.”

He then sits down while I lie flat.

‘I am so tired and my body aches. I hates this feeling.’

“You are just starting to it is easy to get tired but you will get use to it later on.” He smiled

“Are there…hah… no basic instructions”

I hope he listens.

“Unfortunately, no. Brawlers do not need study to learn fighting. We learn because we love fighting. We learn by experience.”

'Then what is the difference with the assassins? I hate this kind of training. At least give me the basics. I did not choose this class to be beaten one sidedly again.’

“I hate this…”

“Hmmm?”

“Why does…haaa…everything has to be …. Haaaa… like this”

“Hmmmmm…What do you mean by that?”

“Why do you guys love to beat us one sidedly. I am not happy at all” while I cover my eyes with my right hand.

“…I see. We do not want one-sidedly beating. We are training you to be strong”

“Then teach me the basics. So that I can put up a good match”

He is silent for a few seconds before he answered.

“Go home and clear your head. Training ends for today. You don’t have to push yourself today.” He then stood up.

‘Fine, there is no meaning if I stay here.’

nim then decided to leave. She has thought that brawlers are different from the assassins. But, they are more barbaric and more fight seeker. So she has no reason to stay anymore now that she knows.

She then goes to fetch her weapon and went out

‘I won’t return anymore’

‘I am shocked that she got angry. I thought she is cooler and calmer than my usual students but she actually gets angry easily. Silent people are really hard to understand. Her mind is rejecting the training which is why she hardly improves from her training.’

He then thinks that nim might had been treated with comfortably and had been exposed in an easy world. She will not be able to survive in this world with that attitude so he let her go home first to cool her head. Because, angry people will not listen so he will instead lecture her when returns.

‘But will she return tomorrow?’ He asked worriedly

‘I hate them.’

nim is now more angry than she is ever been before. So angry that she could not think straight anymore this then leads her to a decision of becoming a crafter instead. She won’t have to fight anymore and feel the pain anymore.

With her anger, she even wants a crafter job that is simple. Blacksmith, carpentry and other labor jobs are dismissed. With that, she is left with the choice of tailoring and alchemy job. But she also dismisses the alchemy because it requires a lot of formula. nim does not want any hassle works anymore so she decides to become the a tailor since their crafting is simple enough.

With that in mind, she leaves to apply for tailoring. She couldn’t see the beautiful street anymore.

-If only I had calmed myself. I hate myself.

~Knock~

“Ah coming”

~Tap~

~Creak~

“Oh, who might you be?”

The one who took a peek was a female human and she has the same height with me. Her hair is brown that reaches until her neck. Her dress is the same with Martha, country village dress.

nim notices that all four instructors she met are all human. It can be that the instructors are human or she doesn’t meet any non-human instructor yet.

“I’m nim… applying for tailoring”

“Really! You are applying for tailoring!?” she grasped nim’s hands

nim was shocked when she suddenly grasps nim’s hand.

“Ah…yes”

“Come in! Let’s have a nice talk” she dragged nim inside.

“Ah, wait”

‘Why every single one of them is weird.’ nim complains.

The girl earlier treats her like a friend even though they are both completely strangers.

After dragging nim inside, she then prepares a sit for nim and she sit down in front of nim. nim also takes her sit.

“So….why do you want to become a tailor!?”

‘Why are you eager to know?’

“Because…I like it?”

‘I couldn’t tell her the real reason.’

“I see, I see. You like to become a crafter” she grins

‘Why are you so happy?’

“But you will first need to acquire the requirements of the crafter. But don’t worry I will help you with my very best.”

‘She is looking way too forward for this.’

“So…what is the requirement?” nim asked.

“Ah! I forgot. The requirement is to acquire a crafting skill and raise it to lvl 10”

“……….That…simple?”

“Yep, as simple as that”

This surprised nim. So she can already get a skill and will just to raise that skill to become a tailor. She doesn’t have to suffer anymore.

“So let’s now begin training you into a tailor.” She then drags me again

“Ah… wait…. Calm down”

“Ah sorry. I got excited. Ehehehehe.”

“It’s…ok”

“Thank you and sorry” she then bows to me.

The way she bowed is more dignified. Almost like her energetic self is just an illusion.

“My name is Chloe by and sorry for being too excited. You see, I rarely have a student after all”

‘I see, that explains it. Not everyone would want to become a crafter especially a tailor.’

“So …I…can be your friend?” She asked

“…..Huh?”

“Ah, you don’t have to if you don’t want to…”

“I’m…fine with it…”

“Really! You are okay with it?”

“I don’t want to repeat myself”

“Yey~!” she then jumps to me

And her energy went back.

“G-get off me”

“Ah, sorry. I’m just happy that I have just acquired a friend. Let us do our best okay”

nim hates her energetic and clingy personality. But, she prefer her than the two men whom she treats as lunatic and barbaric.

-How I hate myself. For hating the two kind men.

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New Origins Online

Volume 1 – The Town of Beginning, Démarrer.

Ch 4 – I’m Still Young and I Hate Job Hunting.

I hate pain.

It really hurts.

I had a big wound at my knee before.

So I know what pain was in the real world.

But being kicked in the stomach by a monster

Is the worst pain ever.

Nothing from my experiences can compare to this pain.

Even though it is only a game, the pain hurts a lot.

I then grab my Healing Potion and drank it.

It alleviates all the pain in my gut.

I am glad that they made the heal instant.

I might be agonizing in pain if it is slow.

They should have not made the pain too real.

I hate you producers and also you, dad.

Haaaaa.

Now that the pain is gone,

I can now breathe properly and calm my mind.

Earlier, the attack came from a level 5 monster.

It is still level 5 it but has a painful kick.

The more I lvl up, the more my enemies get stronger also.

And their attack will increase, the pain will also increase.

I don’t want to admit it.

But swordsman is a bad idea.

Swordsman has a good damage and tank aptitude.

So receiving attacks is a norm for them.

But receiving attack accumulates damage.

And it will be painful.

I should start reconsidering my job choices.

I then invoke < Status >.

~Ping~

<< Status >>

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Name: nim Lv: 10

Race: Human

Job: Novice

Status: _None_

Headgear: _None_ R arm: Copper Dagger

U body: Novice Shirt L arm: _None_

L body: Novice Short Foot: Novice shoes

Waist: Fur Belt

HP: 253 / 360

MP: 245 / 245

ATK: 80 (+14)

DEF: 30 (+6) RES: 25

Str: 75

Agi: 25

Vit: 25

Int: 25

Dex: 25

Money: 800 G

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I allocated all my stat points to str.

This is to hasten my lvl grinding.

There is a stat reset so there is nothing to worry.

I can have as many stat build as possible.

And take my time leisurely and find a good job class.

Probably, being a human might have been good.

The balanced stat gave me the opportunity to select different jobs.

Though, I will be a little inferior to the other jobs that has the correct race.

But it is better than to receive pain.

Jobs are the one that gives players the skill list.

Skill lists provides the abilities which can be a boost or damaging spells.

They are the most important factor to raise the game’s fun.

Each job holds different kinds of game play.

They can either be tanks, support or damage dealer and many more.

You can also create your own style and technique.

Jobs can only be acquired by doing certain requirements.

There are also hidden jobs.

They are called hidden because they only pop out when the requirements was met.

Although they are hidden jobs, they are not stronger than the initial jobs.

They were the updated jobs to give new thrill and new gameplay.

Now, each job is categorized by means of classes.

They are categorized by their similarities.

There are five classes: Warrior, Light-footed, Projectile, Mage, and Crafter class.

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Warrior

Warriors have a good hp and def.

This made them fill the role tank.

They are needed in a party to provide protection.

Warriors are classified from Vanguard, Heavy, and fighter.

They have many jobs to choose from.

But I will not discuss any of it.

Since, I will not pick any of those.

They are receiving attacks so pain is to be expected.

I hate pain.

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Light-footed

Light-footed classes are very agile and have keen senses.

They fill in the role scout.

They are also the one who reacts at certain emergencies.

Like when the rear is being attacked and someone has to confront it.

They have two classification: martial artists or weapon user.

From their name itself,

Martial artists use bare-hands while the other one uses light weapons.

They can be my good choice as a substitute for my swordsman.

If I hate receiving attacks

I just evade them.

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Projectile

Projectiles are those who attack at a distance with physical attacks.

They can pick off lone enemies before it reach them.

They can also be protected by warriors while they deal large amount of damage.

They are mostly composed of archers.

There are some throwers like rogue who throws dagger.

Although they have a good physical damage,

They are not good with monsters with high defense or many enemies.

They don’t have any magic or aoe skills.

I can go with the hidden class Mystic archer

But it needs 100 int to acquire it.

Sacrificing dex for int will make its attack low.

It will make grinding level hard.

This is a bad choice for a solo.

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Mage

Mages are the one who can procure magic.

But needs a chant to produce magic.

Which is why they needed someone to protect them.

They are divided into three groups;

Magic arsenal, supporter or musician.

Musician’s songs are still considered as a chant.

The magic arsenal can deal great amount of damage to lone or at large groups.

They are the best aoe dealers.

While the supporters and musicians provide support.

Which is needed by every parties.

Overall, mages are the backbone while the tanks are the skin.

Their drawback is their low health and long chant time.

It will take a while for mage to cast spells.

They will need a party to hold back the enemies.

Unless they are the hidden job arc wizard,

Their chants are very fast.

They will be able to finish the chant before the enemies can get close.

I can probably pick this one.

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Crafter

Crafters are the one who crafts items.

They are mostly the one doing a lot of businesses.

There are still some battles assisting skills for crafters.

Like how supports has damage dealing skills.

But, they are not as good as the adventurer jobs.

Basically, they craft for the whole game.

It is hard for them to collect items at the beginning.

So they use the combat skill to gain levels and items.

Then they turn it for self defense later on.

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I don’t want to be a crafter though.

I hate crafting for the whole game.

Why stay at your house and craft for the whole day

When, you can adventure and enjoy this realistic game.

I lay flat and stare at the leaves.

Little lights pierce through its leave.

It is calming to watch the swaying of the leaves

And soundly hear the humming of its leaves.

This forest is really beautiful.

I then closed my eyes.

Will I still be able to set foot in this forest if I became a crafter?

Or find any beautiful places such as this forest?

It is hard for crafters to protect their self against monsters.

They won’t be able to travel at other beautiful places.

For the whole game they will be crafting

And crafting

And crafting.

It’s boring if I do the crafting for the whole game.

I then stood up.

I can just pick the crafter class if I really have no job class to pick.

Like what I said earlier, there is no need to make haste.

They also made the job change,

So I can just pick other jobs if I don’t like it.

I can take this slowly and steady.

This game sure is friendly user.

Now then, time to evaluate some jobs within the town.

And then, I went back to Démarrer to start finding my own job.

“Wrong. It’s ‘namt nkuno kentck’”

I am right now taking the job wizard.

After a little bit of thinking earlier,

I thought that the hidden job, arc wizard, looks good.

Its requirements is to be a wizard and acquire the old clock and find him at clock tower.

Arc wizard can cast fast spells which is needed by every mage.

Unlike the warrior or light-footed class, I can finish off enemies at the distance.

If I fight the enemies then I can receive some attacks.

But if I can finish them before they get near,

Then I won’t receive any attacks and no damage will be accumulated.

“nam….kuno…kent”

But this requirement to master their language is hard.

“Wrong. It’s ‘NAMT-NKU-NO-KENTCK’”

I have to say it with correct pronunciation?

I hated my English when I was a kid.

It had a lot of rules to follow.

And now I have a new language to learn?

Furthermore, the pronunciation must be correct?

I thought that I just have memorize the phrase.

I did not play this game to have a new language to study.

English is enough for me.

“I…”

“Hmmm? What is it?”

“…quit”

“………..”

He stood silent for a minute before answering.

“Understood, it must be hard for you.”

I nodded.

I’m glad he understands.

“Don’t worry. Learning the ancient rune is hard. We already had a lot of people quitting.”

“……….”

I see.

I was not the only one who quits.

I have noticed that there were few mage classes.

So this is the reason.

“…Sorry…..and thank you for understanding”

“Don’t mind it miss. If you ever had a change of heart, come and enroll again”

“……Will do” while I nodded.

“Bye then” he bid his goodbye.

“…bye”

And then I left.

I kind of felt sad for them.

But mage is not really my thing I guess.

I let out a sigh.

I then saw the street again.

As busy as ever but that is what made it beautiful.

This game sure is beautiful.

Not only the scenery is beautiful

But the human activities as well.

Their stunning stunts and arts.

They are beautiful.

My mind calmed down after watching their works.

If I want to be like them, I should get a job for me.

< System Map>

~Ping~

<< System Map >>

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I better move on.

~Drip~

I really hate alleys.

It is too creepy, dark and dirty.

I feel like any moment I might get attacked.

Why do they like to put important buildings in an alley?

I hate you developers.

I will complain this to dad.

~Drip~

It fell on my head.

These droplets came from the dirty alley.

Disgusting.

I really hate alleys.

I should hurry and leave this place.

And so, I hastened my pace.

After a couple of steps, I was able to arrive where the map is pointing.

Where is it?

I think around here…

…

Found it.

One of the doors has a signboard at top of it.

The sign board has two daggers forming an X pattern.

It is the sign for the assassins.

Right now, I am going to try the assassins.

Assassins has a good atk damage with a high speed.

They are good at evading during combat.

I find martial artists and assassins as a good substitute for swordsman.

Instead of receiving attacks I evade them.

I would have already opened the door and check what is inside.

But, the door is aged and it has a lot of cut marks.

Almost like, a criminal just finished his slaughter.

It is too creepy and scary to enter.

Why every single door in the alley has to be creepy?

I mustered up my courage and opened the door.

~Creeeaaaak~

So creepy.

And dark.

I can’t see a single person.

Almost like an abandon house.

“He...llo……?” I tried to confirm if someone lives here

…

No answer.

Let’s leave.

I can’t bear it.

It is too creepy.

I then turn around to leave.

But then…

“Ho-ho if you can’t bear a little darkness like this then it is a good choice to leave”

Suddenly, I heard an old voice.

I instinctively look at the source of his voice.

I had to tilt my head upward to see him.

He is standing at one of the wooden beams and glaring at me.

It is too dark, so I can only see his foot.

“Although I did say to leave…” he then jumped down.

~Tap~

With this, I can now see him clearly.

He is a male human.

He is covered with black clothes from bottom to top.

Only his old face and white hair is exposed.

“…It is our rules to accept those who are willing to take the job assassin. Even if they are not qualified”

“……….”

I don’t know what to say.

Should I be grateful?

Or should I be angry?

“Ho-ho, a quiet person indeed. It is a rare to find one these days. Most of the people who apply are noisy and energetic brats”

He is probably referring to the plane walkers.

“…I…want to be… an assassin…”

I gave out the reason for my coming.

“I see. Although you want to be an assassin, your resolve is low. Being an assassin is hard, brat”

She knows that I am only forced.

And who are you calling a brat?

I hate you.

“…I…still want to try….”

“Try is not the answer brat. It’s ‘will become’.” He then turns his back at me.

I’m not a brat.

“nim…not brat”

I clarified it to him.

“Ho-ho, I forgot. Call me Master Wang, brat” and he moved forward

I really hate you

“Come in. Training will begin. The requirements of light-footed are to know the basic footsteps and to have strong senses.”

I see, so this dim environment was made to enhance our senses.

“What are you waiting for brat. Are you going in or stay.”

“Coming…”

I hate him.

As we went deeper, the room gets darker.

It scares me.

I hate dark rooms.

I would always leave my room bright.

And carry a flashlight beside my bed.

I really hate darkness.

Master Wang then stops moving.

“This should be enough” he then faced me

“I will have you improve your footsteps and senses here.”

“I see…what should I do?”

“What else?” he then vanished

“Other than fight”

I took a kick in my stomach.

“…guh” I groaned in pain.

“React faster, brat. If you don’t want to get beaten”

I really hate you.

I then stood up

He is too fast for me to react.

Will I be able to touch him?

I unsheathed my dagger.

It is better to try than nothing.

And went to engage him.

The training started.

And I am one sidedly beaten.

He does not know how to hold back.

All of his attacks are too painful.

Although he hits me all the time,

My health does not decrease at all.

But the pain is still in there

It hurts every time he hits me.

This is pure torture.

I hate this.

I hate pain.

I thought he will teach me the basics first.

He said it earlier ‘The requirements of a lightfooted’.

How am I suppose to fight if I don’t know how to?

I can hardly feel myself improving with just sparrings.

I took another kick in my stomach.

Almost like a déjà vu.

“…guh” I groaned again

It hurts.

I hate pain.

“You won’t be able to do anything by just swinging your dagger, brat”

Then teach me.

I can’t do anything without knowing it.

“If this is all you got, then it is better to quit.”

I hate you

But I tried to hold back.

“…Is there…hah… any basics?”

So assassins are lunatics for you.

But this is merely a game.

We do not kill people.

“If you can’t bear it, then leave. Be happy that you were given the opportunity to try. We do not need brats like you who only know how to cry when they get hurts.”

“…I do not cry…hah…I just hate how you do not teach the basics”

“Ho-ho, speaking aren’t we? It seems I hit the right spot.”

“I hate you”

“Then leave. I hate people who only knows how to complain but do not know how to persevere”

Then I will gladly take the offer.

I can’t bear you anymore.

“hah,….I leave then”

This is pure torture.

You are just hurting me.

I hate pain.

“Hahaha, then leave. I do not want weak willed people.”

“Fine by me”

And then I left.

Such a waste.

It is rare to find a person with that kind of personality.

What’s more, a human at that.

I’m already tired with those noisy brats.

Things would have been fun the way it is.

Sigh* I have been too harsh to the brat I guess.

Well, it’s up to the brat whether she will come back or not.

If she doesn’t want this kind of training then she cannot be an assassin.

I am not a nice guy after all.

~Tap~

I am walking fast to vent my anger.

I hate that old man.

Who is he to do that?

He bad mouths his student.

And teaches me in a spartan way.

I had a lot of teachers before but none will go that far.

I really should have left early when I was at the front door earlier.

I should have went for the martial arts.

< System Map >

~Ping~

<< System Map >>

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Next is the brawler job.

And then I went straight to its training ground.

-I couldn’t see the beautiful street anymore.

So this is its training ground.

Unlike the assassin’s building, it is cleaner.

And has better scenery.

It is build in a middle of woods.

And its building is made of wood.

It is well organized and made.

I then heard a person.

“Haaa, haaa, raaaaah!”

~Thunk~

It sounds like a wood have been cut into two.

It came from the back of that building.

I’m kinda curious

So I went to check it out.

His shout becomes louder as I close in.

With every three consecutive steps I made,

I hear woods being cut into two.

Is he training?

Is he also a student?

Or, the instructor?

My questions have been answered when I arrive.

Standing there is a male human.

He has muscles but not that buffed.

He has a black spiky hair.

He is wearing a tattered white clothes and white short.

And he wears a red headband and two orange gloves.

He almost looks like the guy from the game street fighter.

Right now he is in training.

“Haaaaayaa!”

~Thunk~

The wood like doll has been cut down with his foot.

With each attacks he made, a wooden doll breaks down.

~Thunk~

After he break down the last doll,

He then does the breathing.

“Suuuuu, I’m finished.” He then looks at his back.

I am startled when he locks eye at me.

“Oh, a new face. Are you applying for the brawler, missy?”

This made me awkward.

“Ah…I……want to try the brawler”

“Hmmmm…Your attitude should not be preserved. You should be mooore eccentric and energetic like a brawler.” while he points his self with his thumb.

I am starting to hate this job.

“Is…that so?”

“Hmmmm… well, we can work with that attitude of yours later. With the new rules being implemented, everyone can take any jobs. As of now, there are more things to learn before your attitude. Come inside, I will prepare a tea.”

Unlike the old man, he is gentler.

I will like this kind of master.

I then take a step forward.

“Sorry for waiting,” while carrying a tray with two cups and a teapot.

“…Don’t mind it”

He then took a sit in front of me and places the tray between us.

“Drink it while we have a conversation”

He then took the teapot and pours it at the two cups.

And he takes one of the cups.

I also take my share.

“My name is Guts. And yours?”

“nim”

“Ok Nim. As a brawler you will need to acquire the requirements of a light-footed class before becoming a brawler. The requirements are to have a good senses and a balanced footing” he then took a sip

It is almost the same for the assassins.

“Before I train you into a brawler, I will train you first the way of the light-footed”

Good, so I will learn the basics right?

“…Yes”

I then took a sip. Delicious.

“Now that’s the spirit. We will begin after you rest a little bit. You just arrived so training early might strain you. So while at it, why don’t we have a little chat?”

He is nicer than Master Wang.

“Fine by me…” and took another sip.

“Ok, so why did you want to become a brawler?”

Aw, you are making me remember.

“…No reason”

“Hmmmm…no reason is hard to believe. Every decision has its own reason. Even if you just randomly picked between two boxes, a reason has been made because you don’t know what to pick so you randomly choose”

“……….”

I thought he is just a muscle head.

He can actually think.

“Well, if you don’t want to share it then fine by me” he then sip all the tea within his cup.

He took the teapot to refill his cup.

And he gestured so that he can refill my cup also.

I accepted his offer.

“You are really so silent. I don’t think I can change that personality of yours.”

It’s good that you understand.

“I just hope that the spirit of the brawler be with you”

“…Spirit?”

“Brawlers love to fight. Even if the enemies are stronger than us we do not waiver. That is the spirit of a brawler”

Oh no, I don’t think this job fits me at all.

“Well, even if you do not want that much fighting, you can still be a brawler because of the rules”

I’m glad to hear that.

But I noticed something.

I kept hearing this rules many times.

Are this rules made by the developers?

“I think it is about time to train you.”

I nodded put the cup on the tray.

And followed him.

“Leave your weapon here. We don’t need one.”

“Yes”

I then put down my dagger to where he points to.

“Come, we will be training at a certain room” he then started walking.

“As of now, we will have to grind the requirements for the light-footed class. This is why we have to train in that room.”

“What is in that room?”

“You will see” he grinned

Somehow, I have a bad feeling.

“We will be training within this room.” While he holds the door knob

I really have a bad feeling.

“Watch your step. It is dark inside” and then he opened the door.

I knew it; I will be training at the dim room again.

I hope he is not like old man, right?

“What…are we going to do?”

“What else? We fight” He then did a strong fist bump with his two hands while grinning.

This is not good.

I thought you were nicer.

“Now, now. Don’t look at me like that. We are called brawler because we love fighting”

I then took a kick in the stomach.

Why my stomach again?

“Ugh”

“Stand up, stand up. The party is just beginning” while hopping

This made me angry so I threw some punches.

Why does it have to be like this?

“Hah, hah….I’m tired”

I could not even touch him

It is the same with the old man.

“Well, it seems so. Let’s have a break.”

He then took a sit while I lay flat.

I am so tired.

And my body aches.

I hate this feeling.

“You will get tired in the beginning but you will get used it.”

“Are there…hah… no basic instructions”

I hope he listens.

“Unfortunately, no. Brawlers do not need study to learn fighting. We learn because we love fighting. We learn by experience.”

Then what is the difference with the assassins?

I hate this kind of training.

At least give me the basics.

I did not choose this class to be beaten one sidedly.

“I hate this…”

“Hmmm?”

“Why does…hah…everything has to be …. Hah… like this”

“Hmmmmm…What do you mean by that?”

“Why do you guys love to beat us one sidedly. I am not happy at all” I speak with pure anger

“…I see. We do not want beat one-sidedly. We are training you to be strong”

“Then teach me the basics. So that I can put up a good match”

He is silent for a few seconds before he answered.

“Go home and clear your head. Training ends for today. You don’t have to push yourself today.”

He then stood up.

Fine, there is no meaning if I stay here.

I had thought that this job is different from the assassins.

But they are more barbaric than them.

I had enough of this.

I will take my leave.

And I will never return anymore.

I then went to fetch my weapon and went out.

I am shocked when she got angry.

I thought she is a bit nicer and calmer.

But she is actually angry deep down.

Silent people are really hard to understand.

Her mind is rejecting the training.

This is why she hardly improves from her training.

Probably, she had been treated with too much care.

She had been exposed to an easy going world.

She won’t survive in this world with that kind of attitude.

I let her go home for now so that she can clear her mind.

Angry person do not listen to the lecture.

So I will correct her once she returns.

But will she really return?

I hate them.

Why is everyone like that?

Fine, I will become a crafter.

They don’t have to fight.

I don’t have to train.

I just have to learn how to craft.

And I want a simpler job.

I don’t want to exert too much effort anymore.

So blacksmith, carpentry and other labor things are kicked.

I don’t need those.

So I am left with tailoring and alchemy.

No, alchemy is such a hassle.

I will need to learn a lot of formulas.

I don’t want to exert any effort anymore.

With that in mind I went to take the tailoring.

I couldn’t see the busy street anymore.

My mind is set only at the map.

-If only I had calmed myself. I hate myself.

~Knock~

“Ah coming”

~Tap~

~Creak~

“Oh, who might you be?”

The one who took a peek was a female human.

And she has the same height with me.

Her hair is brown that reaches until her neck.

Her dress is the same with Martha, country village dress.

I feel like every teacher here are humans.

“I’m nim… applying for tailoring”

“Really! You are applying for tailoring!?” she grasped my hands

I was shocked from the sudden grasping of my hands.

“Ah…yes”

“Come in! Let’s have a nice talk” she dragged me inside.

“Ah, wait”

Why every single one of them is weird.

She is too full of energy.

I am a complete stranger to her.

And yet, she treats me like a friend.

After dragging me inside, she then prepares a sit for me and she sit down in front of me.

I then took my sit.

“So why do you want to become a tailor!?”

Why are you eager to know?

“Because…I like it?”

I couldn’t tell her the real reason.

“I see, I see. You like to become a crafter” she grins

Why are you so happy?

“But you will first need to acquire the requirements of the crafter. But don’t worry I will help you with my very best.”

She is way too looking forward to this.

“So…what is the requirement?”

“Ah! I forgot. The requirement is to acquire a crafting skill and raise it to lvl 10”

“……….That…simple?”

“Yep, as simple as that”

…That simple?

So I can already get a skill and just have to raise it?

And once I raise it to 10, I can become a tailor?

I really should have gone for the crafter class.

“So let’s now begin training you into a tailor.” She then drags me again

“Ah… wait…. Calm down”

“Ah sorry. I got excited. Ehehehehe.”

“It’s…ok”

“Thank you and sorry” she then bows to me.

She somehow calmed down.

Although her behavior is very wild,

Her bow has some grace to it.

This is probably the way she is if she is calm.

“My name is Chloe by the way and sorry for being too excited. I rarely have a student after all”

I see, that explains it.

Not everyone would want to become a crafter.

“So …can I be your friend”

“…..Huh?”

“Ah, you don’t have to if you don’t want to…”

“I’m…fine with it…”

“Really! You are okay with it?”

“I don’t want to repeat myself”

“Yey~!” she then jumps to me

And her energy went back.

“G-get off me”

“Ah, sorry. I’m just happy that I have just acquired a friend. Let us do our best okay”

I hate her energetic personality.

And how she does whatever she wants.

But, she is kind.

She is more kind than the two men.

She treats me with care.

And even befriended me.

I do not hate her even though she is more barbaric than the brawler.

-How I hate myself.

For hating the two kind men.

Ch 4 – I’m Not a Child But I Still Hate Job Hunting.

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