Again, not much in the way of plot but don't fret that's what the next chapters for. ^_^
Ludius awoke from his slumber on the old wooden bed that Ed and Sandra owned in the spare room of their house.
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Their house was home to the only apothecary in the area, and to keep up with demand the father and daughter duo often travel led to the forest to collect herbs.
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His back aching Ludius attached his sword to his belt and went downstairs.
"Oh, Ludius you're down already! You only just went upstairs.", said a confused Ed washing up the cutlery and plates from their dinner.
"Er y-yeah. I just wasn't tired yet you know. I was going to head out for a bit."
"Okay, but come back before morning. We'll treat you some breakfast... By the way what happened to my daughter in that forest. She's telling me not to worry but I need to know!"
"Alright. Some bear covered in scars was closing in on her so I killed it."
Suddenly Ed dropped the plate and rag he was holding in his hands. His mouth was agape and his eyes were no better.
"S-Scarface is dead?.... Hallelujah!!!", Ed jumped up in the air and started laughing.
"Ha, ha, hooo. So~ how did you kill him. I expect it was quite the fight. Many bands of adventurers had gone after him before but none had managed to kill him till now. So how did you do it?!",
"I sort of just cut its arms off and then lopped the head off afterwards.", Ludius said bluntly.
"You weren't injured?"
"No"
"...
... Come back in the morning I'll take you to the adventurers guild. They could do with someone like you, I assume your not a member yet?"
"No."
"Good! See you in the morning then."
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Ludius stepped out onto the night time streets of the village. He wanted to just find a quiet place to think and maybe buy some new things from the points store.
It was quite dark and only the pale moon lit up the dirt streets. There were a few people dressed in armor and carrying weapons walking around or going into a nearby tavern. To which Ludius walked directly away from. Ludius wasn't fond of large groups of people since years and years ago, he didn't like how they mocked him and compared their lives to his.
Anyway, Ludius went over to the center of town where in a large square was an old birch tree with benches all around. Ludius, instead of sitting on one of the benches, swiftly climbed the old birch tree and sat high in it's branches away from the ground.
Comfortable, Ludius began to ponder.
"I must have bought too many points to start off with, I'll need to look for something to test my strength on later...
I wonder if I can buy skills on the points store? Titles? Wait a minute... Money?
Points store!",
POINTS STORE
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What do you want to buy?
(Infinite points awarded for 70/70 seconds, as soon as store is operated time with infinite points will decrease. Unused time will be conserved)
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"Can I buy money?",
POINTS STORE
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IN GAME CURRENCY
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1 copper coin = 1 point
1 silver coin = 100 points
1 gold coin = 10,000 points
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"Buy 10,000 gold coins... What weapon mastery skills are there"
POINTS STORE [60/70 seconds left]
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Basic Weapon masteries
( upgrades cost Lv X 100 for points)
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Sword mastery- Lv 1/1000
Spear mastery- Lv 0/1000
Axe mastery- Lv 0/1000
Bow mastery- Lv 0/1000
Magic rifles mastery- Lv 0/1000
Blunt weapons mastery- Lv 0/1000
Shield mastery- Lv 0/1000
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"Level Sword and Magic Rifle mastery to max.... Alright! Finally, restrictors."
POINTS STORE [40/70 seconds left]
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Restrictors:
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(You can adjust stats and skills etc.... At whim to a level under your own.)
1% restrictors- 1000pts
5% restrictors- 5000pts
10% restrictors- 10,000pts
25% restrictors- 25,000pts
50% restrictors- 50,000pts
100% restrictors- 100,000pts
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" Buy a hundred percent restrictors.. Close shop."
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In QV restrictors were made in advance for after around a few months when high power players would start showing up. They were to allow players to adjust their strength to fight or party with weaker players/npcs.
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"Status."
STATUS WINDOW
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Name: Ludius
Race : ???
Class:
Points: 0 (fixed) [40 seconds left]
Level:2
Money:10,000 gold
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STATS
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HP: 41,150/41,150
MP: 16,250/16,250
AGI: 2051
STR: 2021
WIS: 210
INT: 800
DEX: 1000
Charisma: 15
Luck: 5/10 (fixed)
Stat-points remaining: 0
(stat points gained via point store)
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SKILLS
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Chesty McCheat Face (passive) - Starting skill of the ??? Race. You cannot gain points.
However after every level up you gain infinite points for 30 seconds. Time can be used whenever the player wants and it stacks.
Sword mastery Lv MAX (passive)
Magic Rifle mastery Lv Max (passive)
Restriction on your own power: 0/100% restricted.
TITLES
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Cold hearted bunny slayer - (For killing one of the peaceful long eared bunny rabbits, you can now slay bunny shaped creatures more easily. EFFECT: know how to kill small innocent mammals more effectively and +20 blunt DMG against the Rad Rabbit of Disaster.)
Prince in shining armor - (+20 charisma if you chat up a maiden after a life threatening incident.?)
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EQUIPMENT
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Rare silk shirt- looks cool (+10 charisma)
Silk pants- looks cool (+10 charisma)
Dragon skin boots- Rawr (+50AGI, +5 charisma)
Elven cloak- mysterious (+10WIS, -10 charisma)
Royal commanders short sword- (600DMG, +20STR)
"Restrict at 10% for stats only. Okay, good! I think I'll watch the sun come up and go back to Ed's.", facing towards the east Ludius began to wait for the sun.