In this afternoon, Vice didn’t have anything to do. If sky became dark, he would train by killing slimes around village. it was a glitch, beside class change, if a player did a certain activity would have a super small chance increase stats that related,it was included killing low level monster. He did that so he could get stat without level up. So he could be stronger even his level low. But it was needed very high patience because it very bored and wasted time because the probability stats increase is super duper small. Most player prefer leveling and wear higher level equipment. Sometimes player could get stats bonus after completed quest.
But there was a certain guide in forum, the probability bonus stat earned in beginner level higher until a player got 40 points in total. After that, the probability would be greatly reduced.
So a player have to decided which stat he would train higher than another. Like warior better do activity related to phisycal, if mage or priest spend their time in library is the best.
Vice planned for stay in this village for time being before set out for his journey. So he decided to do more quest from Chief.
**
Rudi released his helm after log out and went to toilet, then he was having dinner alone. He found note from his mother. His mother already dinner and now went out to city hall to had meeting with mayor. His mother was work as secretaty in mayor’s office. Because there a emergency meeting, she had to present.
Rudi, on his eighteen, and now 3rd grade on highschool, he finished his exam for graduate, and now he have long holiday before open ceremony for new student in his colledge. So he could focus on his game.
**
In Emeralia City, a lone player went to resident district. He headed toward a small house. It was a player house. One story of building could be bought by player. It was his house, no, more exactly it was had been his house some days ago. It was his friend’s house before, but because his friend deleted his character, he transferred this house ownership to him. His name is Smit, a level 53 Blacksmith. He was Killer Vise’s friend, former name or Rudi’s character, and now was Vice.
Vice said he left all his money and item in this house, and gave all to Smit so he could use it for his game, and weren’t destroyed.
After entered house he found nothing interesting, only a small bed, kitchen, a table and 2 chairs. But the one he looked for was a big box on the corner room. Killer Vise said he put all here he remembered.
After he opened the box, he shocked. Inside the box he found more than 2000 gold, a buck of Grade B and A material, various potion, and some of rare equipment. but the most attracted his attention was a black hammer.
Pure Black HammerType:WeaponDurability:180 / 180Quality:Rank AA Blacksmith hammer made by master Dwarfsmith Gurdo. Made from steel mixed with mystril. Because characteristic of material and made by use special method, this hammer absorb mana to give power to forged equipment by this hammer.
Attack 40~45
Option:
Strengh +10
Dextery +30
Bonus:
Increase chance to give a forged item 1~2 additional bonus attributes.
Requirement:
Level 60
Intermediate Blacksmith
“”
“This is!? When Vise got this hammer. Oh, level 60, so it was the reason he didn’t give it to me yet. Woah, that guy was really damn rich, this treasure for me. I could get a lot money with this hammer.”
He got an high grade blacksmith hammer. although there were other equipment inside box were grade A and B, but he wasn’t interested. He was not greedy player that swallow every good item before him because gifts from his friend.
Killed Vise’s old equipments were inside, he would give them back to Vice after he reached level requirement. Because Killer Vise said he would return when the time come. Even Killer Vise said Smit could take all, sell or throw, up to him. he just took item that gave most benefit for him,
In this game equipment grade divided to 7 rank. From lowest
Rank E => Rank D => Rank C => Rank B => Rank A => Rank S => Rank SS => Rank SSS.
But there were lower rank equipment called Unranked, or player called them trash item. They were usually used by crafter as material by recycled them to make higher rank equipment. by melting several unranked equipment, a blacksmith could make E rank equipment, even with higher skill, could make D rank equipment.
Rank A equipment could be called an epic equipment now, because the highest rank equipment founded in Second Terra until now is Rank A. no one found Rank S or higher. So this Black Hammer Gurdo could be called best blacksmith hammer in this game. And to think Vise was have it.
Smit took the hammer, left others and went out the house with face filled with happiness smile returned to his workplace.
**
Vice logged in and appeared on the bench. Sky was already dark and night came. No villager activities he found on the street. On the contrary he found inn still lively with laughter. Some villager relieved their stress in the bar.
He saw Ruci, Pole, Chief and some villager were chatting and playing chess. He went there to buy more bread, he was have 8 silver from last rabbits hunting and quest. He bought 20 breads. Enough for 1 days full without rest. Then he set out to killing slimes.
When he saw a slime walking slowly, he ran after it and slashed and killed it. he kept running non stop through night to find slimes. He only stopped when his stamina depleted and ate bread to fill his satiety and stamina. Then he started running again around village.
He returned to village on the morning and gained 2 Str, 5 Stamina, 2 Vit, and 3 Agi.
He went to Chief house to asking quest. And chief gave him quest like before, be errand boy for villager, like moving something, helping to weed on the farm, milking and feeding cow, harvesting, and other similar quest. Well, nothing he could hope for low familiarity and fame he had.
He had did that for a week real time, 1 month inside game for trivial quest with rank F at he day, and on the night he massacred slimes around village to maximize possibility free stats he gained. Because he only killed slime beginner and normal slimes, and only did ordinary quest, he now reached level 9 only. Slimes gave him super small exp for his level. And other quest only give him 5%-15%, and it decreased after his level increased until he only got 1% every quest. Because it originally quest for beginner, so he couldn’t hope higher experience point.
He gained total 25 strenght, 60 stamina, 23 Vit, and 40 Agi for a month. He got more stamina because alot quest exhausted his stamina, so it pushed his stamina harder than other stat.
He didn’t know why he got bonus stats more than 40 points, like average players, because he had not stopped until he didn’t get any stat for full day.
He didn’t know that his growth because he had did his activity in beginner village with lack beginner population and could be called new, because the players had chosen this village could be count by a single hand. So system still gave more benefit for beginner. So he got stats more than normal.
**
Mine Edge Village, a village located south of a mine cave on Baran Mountain range. On the north and west was part of Baran mountain range, on the east and south was forest with a small river on the east flowed from mountain foot. It was water source for irrigation their field and farm. This village could be called rich with abundant of fertile soil and mine cave with rich of various mineral and steel even its location isolated far away from city.
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Every morning villager raised their field, and some of them work on mining cave. With their wife helped their husband, and children was playing around village like hide and seek, playhouse, and various traditional game.
Even they only had dozens populations, they had lived fullest throught their life with their family. If their neighbours got problem, they would help each other to solve. So no one had hard life in Mine Edge Village.
But it was ended one day. When a group of children playing chased, a child suddenly knelled, he looked like tired with pale face. Gradually his breath became hard and then fell forward unconcious. after the child fell, another children shocked and cried, that made adults rushed to the child. After the parent carry the child, another children fell followed by other. They was worry about their friend.
Not so long after, one by one child fell unconscious. And finally all children in the village meet same symptoms. All lost their strength, their face paled, hard to breathed, then fell unconscious. After a healer checked them, he said they all exhausted and needed some rest. But it was still odd to him. They all exhausted at the same time, and no other symptom beside it. not even food poisoned. Before they passed out they felt tired. It was like their energy drained little by little.
But the incident didn’t end there, at the noon, older people one by one fell unconscious like children one by one. Leaving adult and youth.
Villager Chief panicked because he never heard this condition before, even from his ancestors.
He became Chief Village in his twenties and now his second years after his father retired. He didn’t know what to do except treated all victims.
And then a man, one of his villager ran and yelled at him.
“Chief, this is disaster, all our crops on the field withered not even leave a single leaf.”
“What?!”
Villagers ran out to the field and saw awful sight. Grain, corn, paddy, vegetables, and all crops withered. Not left a single plant even a grass lost its color. All villager shocked.
“Chief what we have to do? All children and eldery unconscious and all crops withered, if this continued, we will all die.”
Even Chief unable to thought anything under this pressure.
Is God angry to them or what?
“Chief, look, even trees on the street started withered, all fruit fell down. What the hell happening to our village. Don’t tell me this was God punishment.”
Heard that all villager scared and feared. Maybe they would join children and eldery not so long after.
While they thought that, suddenly they felt chill on their neck, and one of villager fell unconsciously. It was shocked them and their fear was increased.
“That is?!..” chief muttered something after saw all trees around him. Then he ran toward south village. some villagers followed him behind.
He stopped on the south of the field.
“What happened Chief?”
“Look there.”
Answered villager question, he pointed at far inside forest at south direction.
“You see, on that direction, all trees still healthy, contrary to our village and the tree around, all withered.”
“Oh, you right, how this cold happen?!”
“Okay all, take all your cart, move all unconscious villager and evacuated all them toward south, to the area that the trees still stand healthy.”
“””Yes, Sir!”””
After heard Chief order, all villagers brought their carts, and bring all children and eldery inside and ride toward south. Some of villager tried to brought their cattles and chickens, but one by one the animals fell, not only unconscious, but didn’t breath, died. It made all villager struck with horror. If they didn’t hurry leave this village, they would die.
Chief and other villagers walked back and fort carried unconscious elderly and children, sometimes the weak adults and youths fell, he would carry them. It seemed the most weakest would fall first. But he was still have a lot energy. Most active was the strongest villager, they were prioritized the weakest to evacuated.
Almost all villager evacuated, the only left in the village were Chief and some strong adults.
“Chief, now we have to go too! Or we won’t have chance.”
“I will stay here, you all go first.”
“But Chief, if you didn’t go now, you will…”
“Shut up and just go!!!” Chief village yelled angry while watched his village he swore to protect when he became Chief withered and rooted.
All villager trembled and hurried ran to the place where all villager evacuated, they were still wish their chief could go with them faster. But they felt chief want to watch village for last time, but they were afraid if chief would fall unconsciously, they couldn’t take him because now village would be more dangerous as time passed.
Chief couldn’t hold his tears that he and his villagers lived for all their lifes.
Before he bid farewell, he remembered something.
“Don’t tell me, its that?”
**
Vice heard the story about New Cursed Village.
Under Chief Village at that time instruction, they built this village far from original village, Mine Edge village.
They choosed area on riverbank to build their new village. and they gave this village with bad name New Cursed Village to remembered them about original village they came from is cursed, so their descendant wouldn’t back there and die.
This story was be told to all children in the village. when they reached certain age, their parent would bring them to see the cursed area so they knew the area they had to avoid.
Vice was chatting with other villager in the inn at this afternoon after he worked fullday. He ordered a bit fancy meal with roasted chicken. Because after a month, he got a lot money, and now have 3 golds. After heard story chief told he ask.
“So, if I can solve this cursed infected village, you will give me reward?”
He didn’t care what reward he get, he just wanted to do harder quest. His reason had been stayed in this village was to find higher rank quest related to this village. but for a month, village chief only gave him beginner quest to be errand boy, helping villagers on daily activity. he never gave him any better quest.
But he grateful because all job he did, villager attitude became very friendly to him. When he bought a new weapon to change his beginner sword, and some other armor, he got discount 5%. And when he bought breads, he got some bonus free breads.
He almost gave up and planned to leave village if this kept up. But after heard this story, he smelt a chance of rare quest. Releasing village from cursed, it was sound so cool.
But Chief suddenly became silent, not only him, but other villager in the inn all silent. They all glared sharply to Vice. They looks became cold. He felt scared to this reaction. He saw on their eyes mixed feeling, like anger, pity, sad, happy, and frustrated. Though they got used friendly to him.
“Huahahah..ahhaaa..’’’ Ahhaaa “”” “’’’Ahhaaaaahahaha….””””
Laughters erupted inside inn, all villager was laughing together. Some pointed their finger to me, some hit their thigh, and some of them knelled and held their stomach while hit wooden floor.