“Don’t just “Ops!”, what were you doing? Kill me?!”
Vice shouted because unexpected attack hit his face that took almost 90% his health. And what was he see was Din’s expression changed from startled to bursted to laughter.
“Its your fault brother to startle me. I thought a slime ambushed, so I hit you hard. Hahaha…. Sorry sorry.”
Din helped Vice to stand up. Vice had drunk a potion to recover some of his health. He didn’t want to die because if a slime hit him, he would definitely lost all his remaining health. After saw Din, he confirmed Din was level 13. Quite high for 8 years old boy.
“Then what did you do by walking suspiciously towards forest?”
“Ssstttt… don’t be so loud or my father will choke my neck to the death.”
“Okay.. okay so stop hitting me. So what was you doing?”
“Hunt a monkey.”
Huh… Vice didn’t understand why his father would scold him just for hunting a monkey. because even for NPC, hunting monster that roaming on the world is normal. Even some NPC was hunting monster as their main job like players.
“if you don’t have anything to say, see ya.”
Din turned and ran to forest. Vice had planned anyting to do for this morning, so he ran following Din into forest.
After he entered forest, he was seeing Din is fighting with a small rabbit. Level 5 monster with white fur. Its speed quest fast, but it could not stand against Din. Only by two hit and ugly wooden stick, the rabbit killed.
He walked closer. Din noticed he was coming so he ask.
“What are you doing? Why was you following me?”
“Because I don’t have anything to do this morning, let me help you.”
Din frowned and looked at Vice. He snorted to him and looked down upon him.
“What weakling like you could do? You would just get my way.”
Vice startled by Din word. Because he was former top rank player, he was never looked down by other on the field. But not he realized, his stats was far weaker than his former character and now he wasn’t different from beginners.
Moreover he was still stay at level 4. Weaker than a rabbit.
But even he was weaker than a rabbit, he was confident he could kill rabbit.
“Come, at least I can help you search it. so you may find it faster.”
Yesterday when Din was playing on the field, he had brought his slingshot. It was slingshot his father gave me. It had made from a rare metal. But in the field he had been surrounded by a lot number of slimes. Because he didn’t fast enough to kill all slimes, he had to run. He had stumbled and fell. He stand up and continued run. But he was realized his slingshot fell behind. When he turned, he was seeing a monkey took his and ran to the forest. He searched the monkey until sun set, but didn’t find it, so he went home.
Vice nodded several times after hear Din explanation. But he didn’t understand the worth of the slingshot that his father would choke him.
“Because it was made from mystril.”
“What?!”
Vice shocked, what the point to use mytril to made a slingshot. Belonging to one of high grade ore, mystril used to be material to make high grade equipment, like weapon or armor, but to use it to make slingshot was totally wasted. It would ended as children toy.
Even after six months since Terra Second lanched, no player with Blacksmith class reached requirement skill to forge equipment from mystril ore because its hardness, and now he was seeing a toy made from this precious ore that even Blacksmith would do anything to forge their creations using this ore.
But because Vice found this development, he had not want to step back. He always welcomed any interaction with NPC that different from normal quest. If he kept pursue Din, maybe he would get a unique quest. So he followed Din even he was ignoring him.
They walked deeper inside forest. When they met rabbit, Din killed it quickly. Because Vice kept following him, Din was pissed off. After for a while, Din finally gave up and took out something from his pocket and gave it to Vice. A short cut small bamboo about a thumb big with two holes on its side and base.
“What is it?”
“A whistle. Go search monkey to another direction. And if you found a monkey, blow it, and I will come.”
“Wait a sec, how are I find the monkey that took your slingshot inside forest? If I have to call you everytime I find monkey, then you….”
In the forest, a lot monster was lurking around, so if he have to use whistle for every monkey he found, it would be troublesome. Just 15 minutes after entered forest, he and Din met several rabbits and slimes, so it would applied to monkey too because monkey is monster too if he entered their teritory.
“Ah, don’t worry, if you find monkey, it was the only monkey in this forest. Because this forest isn’t monkey’s habitat.”
“Ah, so it is.”
Quest: Quest: Monkey SearchWhen Din had played in the field, he lost his slingshot stolen by a stray monkey. he is searching for it whereabout, but you keep tagging along, so he let you help him.
If you find monkey in this forest, blow the whistle he gave you to call him.
Difficult : F
Reward: Unknown.
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Vice was walking alone after parted with Din. Din was searching on north village, and he in the west. On the way, he met several slimes. They was different than slimes he found on the field around village. they was stronger and belong to normal monster. They give higher exp and better rewards. but they was weak and slow monsters, he could kill them easily with his skill adapted skill on his new noob body.
He found a rabbit from a far was eating grass leisury.. This would be his first fight with agility type monster with noob body. He have to adapt quickly with their attack pattern to make his fight efficient.
Noticed his presence, the rabbit tilted its head and then ran toward him. It used its cute pawn to hit him.
-13 HP
He attacked back.
-31 HP
If he was keep received damage, he would die if he encountered more than 1 rabbit. So he was trying to evade incoming attack by move sideway then followed with his attack to little rabbit.
-32 HP
After exchanged blow, Vice was have 74 of his HP remained. Because he wasn’t spend his points to VIT, his max HP was still low, 150. So he have to careful about damage he received. One rabbit fill his experience bar by 2%.
He continued his search for monkey. He sweeped every corner of his sign, on ground and on the trees with hope he could find a monkey figure. But he was still unable to find it.
He was keep kill every rabbit he met.
He saw 2 figures from a certain distance. 2 creature with 2 long ears. He would try his luck and and ran toward one of them. He had tried to sneak before, but it was useless because rabbit noticed him before he could start attack. And he suffered damage before he can landed his attack. So he choosed to ran as fast as possible to slash rabbit with his sword before they attack him.
As result he could attack before the rabbit could unleash its attack.
-32 HP.
But aside from the rabbit he just attacked, the other one started to attack him. He tried to jump backward but its attack still hit him.
-14 HP
Damn, he cursed. He was still tought he still in his old avatar, that could easily evade monster with that speed. Even surrounded he could easily finish 2 monsters. But with his newbie stats, it was impossible.
He return its attack by vertical slash downward to the rabbit followed with another slash to the other one. He attacked by both of them, but he could avoid one of incoming attack by rolled to the right.
After desperate struggled, he could finish both of rabbits after drank 1 bottle of with 41 HP left.
He exhaled deeply and rested until his HP full recovered. Then he continued his searching while carefull to avoid double encounter. Or he would ran out potion before found the monkey.
He got 1 level at noon and now level 5. And he spend all 5 point to Agi. He had needed more Agi to increase his successful rate to evade attack.
Akk… Akk… Akkk… Aaaaaaaaaaaakkkk.. Aaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkk…
He heard weird sound from somewhere. It was sound like laughing. He walked toward source of sound. Finally, beneath a oak tree, he saw a figure he seach this far after 7 hours. A monkey with brown color from behind. He saw a slingshot on its leg, its was holding with its left leg while it was eating an apple.
It was special monster. It was stronger than normal monster at vicinity and rarely found.
He blown the whistle from Din quickly. It released a sound like bird singing. The monkey stopped for a while then it continued its eating.
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it was crying happily while eating. Vice crawled slowly toward the monkey between bushes. He was have to avoid attract monkey’s attention while it was eating. Slowly… and slowly… he reduced his distance between him and monkey.
Because he didn’t want to wait Din. He didn’t want just leave this task to Din, or he would only watch Din doing the rest after he came . He wanted to take the slingshot himself.
After arrived at the base of tree, he saw the item he wanted 1 meter before him. He had to careful not to startle the monkey or it would run. But he wished that the monkey would attack him, so he didn’t have to search it again. Because if the monkey had ran instead attacked him, it would be troublesome, and of course he had to face Din anger.
But he didn’t care if he had to receive Din anger if he could do something exiciting.
He prepared himself to jump. He planned to jump and hug it so it could not run, and forcefully snatch the slingshot.
Hup… he jumped.
Akk… the monkey cried as it had caught.
Vice caught the monkey and hugged it strong so it could not run. Vice and monkey rolled on the ground together. He locked monkey movement with his legs and right arm, he tried to reach the slingshot use his left arm. The monkey didn’t only idle, it struggled inside Vice’s embraced. It cried because it couldn’t move its limbs.
BUAK…
Vice felt something hard hit his face.
-20 HP.
“What!”
He shocked because he sure he locked all monkey limbs, but where the attack came from?!
After he looked carefully, he saw an apple was floating, no, it holded by something like brown rope with fur. It was tail. The monkey used its tail and an apple to hit his face.
Damn you little monkey! He cursed in his mind.
Because suddenly he received attack, he almost released his embrace, but he strengthened instantly. The monkey keep cried and strunggled. Again it swinged its tail and hit Vice’s face; it seemed know how to make him lose focus by hit on the face. He keep tried to reach for the slingshot on monkey leg, but the monkey kept hit him and reduce his HP to 30.
Realized his HP reached danger zone, he took and drank it, but because this action he loosened his embrace for a moment and it made monkey took that chance to stuggle harder and released itself from Vice.
Damn. After he drank potion and filled his HP, he glared after the monkey that already climbed a tree. This was the fatal mistake if hunting a creature like monkey. It could climb trees and avoid player attack closed range like him. To hunt monster like that, needed long range player like archer or mage, but because he was still in beginner village, he could not do anything to reach the monkey, he could not afford to buy bow, because it was very expensive for him now. And now his chance to catch the monkey or take the slingshot was reduced because the monkey climbed the tree.
The monkey looked at him with ridiculing face. The monkey jumped around and rubbed its ass as if it was laughing at him.
Unable to calmed himself, Vice took a small stone on the ground and threw it toward monkey.
-17 HP
It was hit clearly on monkey’s body and made it cried. No one would stay silent after got hit, as so the monkey. it was angry and threw at him its apple on its tail before. Vice could dodge it easily, but he then realized, the tree it was climbed was an apple tree and it have a lot ripen and unripen apples.
Monkey was monster with both long range and close range attack. He could use any item nearby and threw it to opponent. So if it climbed on the tree with a lot of fruits hanging around, it was like doom for close range combat player.
By held apples on left and right arm, and its tails, the monkey smirked and glared at Vice.
“What?! Wait a sec, little munk?! We can talk peacefully right? Woaaahhhh…”
BUK… - 12 HP
BUK… - 11 HP
BUK… - 13 HP
He couldn’t dodge all three apples flying to him and damaged him 3 times continuously. After he saw the monkey picked more apple, he immediately ran behind tree behind him and hid.
BUK… -11 HP
BUK… -13 HP
Took a little peek on the monkey on the tree, it threw apple to him, but because he hid behind tree, they were only hit the tree trunk and dropped to the ground. It stopped throwing.
“I thought I would die. Haaaahhh…” he said and breathed deeply. He lost a lot of his HP, and quickly drank potion.
Vice took an apple on the ground, and then sent it flying toward monkey. because he didn’t have any skill that help him aim, it missed and flew beside monkey. but it was enough to startled and made Vice received a barrage of flying apples.
After barrage attacks stopped, he took peek again, now, the monkey was jumping around amused after scared Vice.
“What are you doing? Where was the monkey?”
Suddenly Din came out from bushes and walked toward him. he saw several apples lied around Vice.
Ssssstttttt…. Vice place his right index finger to his lips, and as if asked Din to be quiet. He pointed his finger to a tree behind him, to the monkey on the tree. Din frown his face after saw the monkey.
“What did you do made that monkey angry?”
“Come here, don’t make ruckuss. I will get your slingshot.”
Unwillingly, Din walked closer to Vice and sat down. He looked at Vice that was thinking something.
Vice thought how to make the monkey released the toy, and he got an idea. He took an apple and threw it to monkey again, even it didn’t hit, it enough to attract monkey’s attention. He got barrage attack again, but he repeated same action over and over.
Then barrage attack stopped. He peeked from behind tree again, and saw the monkey ran out apples like he planned. Then he threw an apple again toward monkey. The monkey was confused because no more apple it could throw, then it glanced on his feet. There was an item it could be thrown.
*Swisss….*
Something flew to their direction and fell to the ground beside them.
“Hurray!” Vice was happy saw the item, it was slingshot he looked for. He took it.
Metal SlingshotType:WeaponDurability:39 / 40Quality:Rank EA slingshot made from mystril ore. Very light. a bit waste because this precious metal made to be low level weapon. it was heirloom of Chief village family.
Attack 5~15
After confirmed it was the toy he looked for, he ran away from monkey before he made more trouble with it.
“Bye munk! Let’s go Din.”
Held Din hand and pulled him, he ran left behind the furius monkey. They came out from forest without any trouble. Once they had arrived at the field, Vice gave the slingshot to Din. Even Din was annoyed with Vice doing, he accepted happily.
Quest: Search for Monkey Completed
He got 10% exp for this quest. Din took something from his pocket and gave to Vice as reward. After received the reward,
Vice frowned. In his hand several look like red colored marble shined reflected the sunlight.
“What are this?” he asked.
“Candies.”
“Candies?!” he dumbfounded receive Din answer. He didn’t realy think about the reward, but for a child to give his candies was unheard. Moreover to older people like him. But because a candy was cheaper than a bread, so he had thought this appropriate as reward from a kid.
“Then, see ya big bro.” Din ran to the village.
Again, Vice looked at the candies, the total was 5 candies. He shocked after saw the description.
Apple CandyType:FoodQuality: Rank DA favorite candy for children made from apple. Made by use special recipe from village. The effect will shown as long as the candy still inside mouth.
Effect: Increase stamina regeneration by 200% until melted completely.