[Government Issued Quest: Reach Level 10 within 3 days. Importance: Utmost. Difficulty: Average. Progress: 9/10, Exp to next level: 17114/25600. (12/72 hours left).]
The rats are back and it feels like I'm a new person.
Whoever invented massage chairs should get the best luxury treatment in heaven. If I ever make it big, that will be the first thing to buy. They are crazy expensive though, and finding a workable one in the trash is impossible.
Hiring someone who can do it by hand would be even better, though paying them every time would cost way more. Oh, to get a massage from a pro, especially from a hot girl. A Swedish massage from a Swedish model; no, a Thai massage from a Thai one.
Haha, even if only for a split second, and as a joke I thought getting a girlfriend to do it for free would solve this issue. Yeah, right, as if. Did someone spike that energy drink that it gives me such strange ideas?
[You killed a Plague Rat +50 Exp]
"Whoops. Sorry." That poor thing didn't deserve to get hit by the flat of my blade. They're not to blame that I never had luck with girls, and the closest my hand got to boobs was when they got me handcuffed. This ruins my perfect series.
Even with one more tail wasted, there is no reason to complain. While it seems impossible to become rich anytime soon, there might be a chance through this game. Finding a legendary rare monster called a girlfriend who wanted to date me is much less likely.
And let's assume there's a weirdo like that, will she give me a back rub? What if she does but sucks at it? The great questions of life. What the hell did they put in that drink? It acts like a stamina potion and it's much easier to aim even with the sword.
This night trip to the arcade was the best decision since turning fourteen. And there is still a second can left thanks to that extra deal. I made it back late but the infected villagers and their plague problems are still here.
Clearing the first house was a breeze and all the tails ended up in my inventory. This happened after using the sword in the basement, with fifteen seconds remaining. The previous mishap was the first fail, and that's because girls distracted me.
Girls that don't exist and likely never will.
[You killed a Plague Rat +50 Exp]
[Status effect: Immunity (antidote) 01:56]
This second round goes even faster, two rooms are already clear, with almost two minutes left. Whether the practice, building muscle memory, the break, the massage, or the drink paid off, it's hard to tell. The important bit is that I got the hang of this, better than ever.
Stolen story; please report.
The caffeine and the excitement of getting this close to the goal give me a huge push, and the rats drop like flies. Their tails should pay a nice sum later, who knows how long it will be worth holding on to them. Let's look up how much credit you get for a platinum later.
If I find a way to farm expensive drops in CineMraft, that massage chair might become more than a dream. How many players aim for this goal? Are there any who reached it? Those articles on Wroddit tell me they're not out of the question.
That massacre got them twenty thousand gold in an hour.
The exploit with the spellbooks paid two hundred thousand credits for those weirdos. And they spent it on the game to carve out an empire for themselves? How stupid you can be? No, no, spend it on massage chairs or a hot masseuse.
[You killed a Plague Rat +50 Exp]
"Fuck." It was the sore muscles and getting tired that made me miss before, now the dumb fantasies. Another tail that won't make me richer. Okay, Arnim, focus, two more left and ten seconds to deal with them. They only bit me once too.
[You killed a Plague Rat +50 Exp]
"Phew, hundred and thirty tails in the inventory." How much would that be? What's the current price? Counting with twenty coppers and including what's left in the stash, that's like six and a half gold. How much is platinum again?
[The current rate of gold to platinum in Taji is: 45.]
What? That can't be right, didn't that article say they were like thirty? That must have been an old topic. This third-party site has always shown the right values so far. Then these tails might not make me rich unless their price shoots up.
Treat them as treasure, and they might become one. Let's take them back to the stash, and clear the zombie spawn points along the way for the extra Exp. The rats need about forty minutes to respawn, and if I find enough mobs to kill, that will be the last round. The tenth level is so close.
The sun's already up in this world. It's even stranger to play at night while it's this bright, than running around in the dark during the day. Leaving the village's premises should be safer with fewer people around.
If all else fails, this green cloak saved my life when it hid me from the player group during that ambush. Again, it feels safer to get outside, whether it's the rest, the energy drink, or the hype of reaching the finish. It's as if nothing could go wrong.
Famous last words, right?
The first spawn to the south is a good two-minute jog, and the minimap doesn't budge from zero. The zombies wait only for me to get sent back into the underworld. They are a perfect exercise for the battered shield and the rusty blade.
As usual, they line up, staring at me, all six of them, without moving. Not before my sword pierces through the first heart, and the monster turns into pixels. So easy and predictable, they claw at the shield in vain, and two more go down before they surround me.
[You killed a Zombie: +30 Exp]
You can't call it an envelopment after half of them are already dead though. Easy, graceful stabs at their chests and the rest is gone before they make me break a sweat. This has to be the energy drink. It's like playing a different game.
I'm certain that putting the headset on after a good massage and shower makes all the difference. Let alone revved up by caffeine. As the saying goes, a sound mind is a sound body. The controller might only care about the mind, but it matters what kind of body it is in.
Come on, let's go, give me more zombies to kill. The character is on fire, all healed, all needs filled, and in the best shape he ever was in these three days so far. Why does it feel like after such a high there will be soon a crazy low?