Dawn sat on the ground on his knees, as Siegword sat on a boulder. Siegword crossed his legs and looked down upon Dawn.
"I want you to know that I am now your teacher. I will teach as a teacher shall teach a student. When we were strangers I was kind to you, but now that we have this relationship I will be harsh. I will have you work your butt off every single day. Since you have accepted this quest I expect you to be completely devoted to it. If you try to run away," Siegword gave Dawn an evil smile which caused a shiver to run down Dawn's back, "We will see what happens then... Anyways do you understand everything I just said?"
"Yes," Dawn reply. Siegword got up and walked over to Dawn. He crouched down so he was at Dawn's eye level. Dawn face flushed red, as his body grew stiff.
"Now then, from now on you shall address me as Seushi," Do you understand?
"Seu...shi?" Dawn rose his eyebrows. He didn't expect that Siegword was asking him to address him with an unknown word. Dawn knew that everyone in Pure Battle Haven was built so that every language will be translated when if two people knew different languages so they can communicate. This was to keep the race, and ethnicity of the person private and was so no on can make a misunderstanding about what others said, though animals did have their own languages. Dawn didn't understand what was going on, but he wondered if NPC's had their own language.
Siegword got up, and stepped away from Dawn. He pulled off a ring from one of his fingers. Dawn watched as the ring slowly uncurled itself, and turned into a dagger. Siegword threw the dagger down at Dawn.
"Pick it up," Siegword order Dawn. Dawn look up at Siegword with suspicious eyes, but picked up the dagger anyways. "Now, you see that forest over there?" Siegword pointed toward the forest. "I want you to go in there, and when you come back out you have to be at least level five."
"Huh?" Dawn just looked at Siegword like he was crazy. Siegword looked down a Dawn, and gave him a glare shutting him up immediately.
"Now then, your time limit is five hours before the sun comes up. If you come out, and you haven't reached level five... hehehe..." Siegword chuckled, "We will see what happens then." Dawn swallowed hard, and then got up. His hand was shaking, but he ran towards the forest as fast as he could.
Dawn didn't want to find out what would happen if he didn't gain five levels. Dawn entered the forest, and scan the area immediately for a monster to kill.
You have entered Soka forest
Dawn looked couldn't find anything at the entrance of the forest, so without hesitation he ventured deeper into the forest. He gripped onto his dagger, and took in deep breaths.
Lett wasn't afraid of fighting. When she was younger she would fight with the street kids over food. She had many encounters where kids tried to steal her food. At first she lost it all because she didn't know how to defend herself. Slowly though, after each encounter she became stronger until she kicked all the kids butts that try to steal from her. They became scared of her, and although Lett was a kind person at heart, she needed to get her food back so she started to steal from them.
Lett stole as much as she lost before she finally stopped stealing from them. As they were all kids, some told their parents and when their parents confronted Lett, Let told them what happened. As the parents were biased towards their kids though, they yelled at Lett and blamed everything on her. Some even tried to slap Lett but before they did Lett grabbed their hands, and held their wrist with a very firm grip which made them wail out in pain. From then on even the adults in her neighborhood didn't mess with her. Lett's nickname there before she moved away was Crazy Food Fool.
Dawn figured that the lower leveled monsters would be like the kids he used to fight when he was younger. He ventured slowly just in case anything tried to take him by surprised.
Dawn stopped in his tracks as he saw a monster in front of him. Dawn stared at it with his eyebrows raised.
You have encountered a Fluffy Rabbit. Health: [300/300]
"A fluffy rabbit?" Dawn said as he looked down at the white furred animals. It's shiny black eyes looked adorable as it nibbled on the nearby plants. Dawn felt bad as he approached the rabbit. It's so cute... but I have to kill it. Dawn thought.
Dawn held his dagger up to strike the rabbit. The rabbit finally noticed his presence. The rabbit looked up, and the plant in its mouth fell out. It's eyes grew red, and when it bared its sharp fangs at Dawn. Dawn eyes widen surprised at the sudden change at the rabbit's appearance.
"Heeeee!" The rabbit hissed as it jumped twice its length towards Dawn. It was in front of Dawn's feet and with its strong hind legs, it kicked Dawn. Dawn stumbled backwards at its surprising strength.
Attacked by Fluffy Rabbit! Health -10
The Rabbit then stood on its hind legs with its paws up in the air. It was in a boxing stance. Oh no... Dawn thought as he watched the rabbit run up to him. Dawn put his arms to cover his face as the rabbit jumped high and punched his arms. The rabbit kept striking him as he tried to get away.
Attacked by Fluffy Rabbit! Health -10
Attacked by Fluffy Rabbit! Health -12
Attacked by Fluffy Rabbit! CRITICAL HIT! Health -20
The rabbit's punches hurt as much as a punch from a grown man. Dawn tried to end the rabbit's life with just one strike but the rabbit wouldn't let him as the rabbit continued to strike. The rabbit kept punching Dawn until Dawn's health was [800/1000]. The rabbit then let out a screech which caused Dawn to cover his ears and closed his eyes.
When Dawn finally opened his eyes he was surrounded by rabbits. There were at least 30 of them. The rabbits rushed and punched Dawn all over.Dawn's health was already at [226/1000]. Dawn still tried to finish them off with one blow as he didn't want to kill them slowly, until he felt something sharp enter his behind. He let out a scream before turning to find a pair of shiny red eyes glaring at him.
Dawn finally lost it. He pulled the head of the rabbit biting his butt. He stabbed it right in between the eyes.
Attack hit Fluffy Rabbit! CRITICAL HIT Damage -52
The rabbit just continued to glare at Dawn while trying to punch Dawn back. This made Dawn continue to strike the rabbit at the same place between its eyes.
Attack hit Fluffy Rabbit! CRITICAL HIT! Damage -58
Attack hit Fluffy Rabbit! CRITICAL HIT! Damage -60
Attack hit Fluffy Rabbit! CRITICAL HIT! Damage -72
New Skill: Dagger Mastery
Dagger Mastery Beginner Level 1. 0%
Attack hit Fluffy Rabbit! CRITICAL HIT! Damage -58
Attack hit Fluffy Rabbit! CRITICAL HIT! Damage -58
The rabbit stiffened before it went limped. The rabbit's body disappeared as a piece of meat fell on the ground.
You have just killed a Fluffy Rabbit.
"Haha....haha... HAHAHAHAHA!" Dawn let out a laugh as he finally started slashing at every rabbit near him.
Attack hit Fluffy Rabbit! Damage -50
Attack hit Fluffy Rabbit! Damage -47
You have leveled up!
Dawn ignored the popups and let out an evil laugh every time he killed a rabbit.
"How dare you guys attack the Crazy Food Fool?!" Dawn yelled, "Prepare to die! HAHAHAHA!" Dawn laughed as he strike each and every single one of them down.
Attack hit Fluffy Rabbit! Damage -38
Attack hit Fluffy Rabbit! CRITICAL HIT! Damage -59
Attacked by Fluffy Rabbit! Health -14
Attacked by Fluffy Rabbit! Health -12
Strength +1
Attack hit Fluffy Rabbit! CRITICAL HIT! Damage -60
Dagger Master level up!
Dagger Mastery Beginner Level 2. 2%
Attack hit Fluffy Rabbit! Damage -38
Although Dawn was getting hit, he didn't feel the pain anymore as he was too busy hitting the rabbits around him. Due to his very high luck, he was getting more hits on the rabbits than the rabbits were getting on him.
About thirty minutes later there laid rabbits surrounding Dawn as he laid his back to the wall. His chest was going up and down as he tried to recover his HP and stamina. He was covered from head to toe in rabbit blood. He picked up the piece of meat the rabbits left behind. Dawn didn't know what it was so he tried to examine it. He remembered reading from the book that there was an examining skill in the game that would be very useful to players.
"Exa...mine." He said between each breath.
Raw Fluffy Rabbit meat! People used these as food, and sometimes for trade.
Dawn smiled as he looked at all the rabbit meat surrounding him. If he failed on getting to level five, maybe Siegword would take the meat and not do what he had planned to do anyways. Thinking of levels, Dawn opened his stats.
Status WindowName:DawnAlignment:NeutralLevel:2Class:N/ARace:HumanGender:MaleTitlesN/AFame:0Infamy:0-Health:326 / 1000Health Regen:10 HP/MinMana:850 / 850Mana Regen:5 MP/MinStamina:422 / 900Stamina Regen:25/ Min-Strength:16Agility:13Vitality:26Intelligence:10Wisdom:50Leadership:5Luck:777-Attack:25Defense:50-Elemental ResistancesFire:5%Water:5%Wind:5%Earth:5%Light:25%Darkness:25%From Enchanted Opal Ring
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-Health regeneration +5 HP/Min
-All Stats +10
He smiled when he saw that he has rose up two levels and that some of his stats also leveled up. Maybe this won't be as hard as I thought, Dawn grinned widely. Dawn then remembered another popup which showed up when he was busy killing the rabbits. He remembered it being a skill.
"Skills." Dawn said.
Dagger Mastery Beginner Level 3. 43%
Raging Roar Beginner Level 1. 0%
Screaming loudly will cause enemies to be stunned for a couple of seconds.
MP Consumption: 15
Dawn knew about the Dagger Mastery, but he didn't know what the Raging Roar was about. Maybe I should try it out on the next animal I see, Dawn thought as he begin to gather the rabbit meat. He picked a large leaf with a rubbery substance and stacked his rabbit meats in there.
Dawn grew thirsty from fighting, and found a nearby river. He drunk some water, and ate some nearby berries -he examined to not be poisonous- gaining some health. It also helped with the hunger that rumbled in his stomach. He spent about twenty minutes doing this. When he was done he checked the time.
"Four more hours left," He said. Dawn bit his lips and decided that he needed to start moving again. This time Dawn was careful as he knew he couldn't underestimate his opponents anymore. He chewed on some minty leaves, and then near the river he saw a group of Fluffy Rabbits. He smiled as he dropped his rabbit meat nearby, and approached them stealthily. When he got near enough they noticed him and began to change form. Dawn smiled and open his mouth widely.
"ROOOOARRRR!" He screamed. The rabbits were stunned for a couple of seconds. Dawn went ahead and started killing them. If I get this skill to be high enough, it will be pretty useful, Dawn thought as he grinned. He wasn't merciful anymore, and he used any tactics he could to kill the rabbits.
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Almost four hours has passed as Dawn started to make his way out of the forest. His stats, life bar, and mana bar all grew a little as he killed about 250 rabbits already. It got harder to level up as he needed more experience points each time and the experience points the rabbits weren't cutting it anymore. He only got to Level 4 and only needed a little more experience points, but he was dead tired. The experience points would also take forever to get if all he killed were just Fluffy Rabbits the whole time.
Dawn almost reached the entrance when he dropped his two bags of rabbit meat on the ground. In front of him he saw a huge rabbit in front of him. The Rabbit stood about 6 feet tall, a foot taller than Dawn. It's fur was black and its red eyes were glaring at Dawn. Dawn gaped as he saw the rabbits title.
You have encountered the Black Fluffy Rabbit King. [600/600]
Dawn put his dagger up, but he was actually scared. His life bar was [826/1075], and the durability of the dagger was so low that it would break with just a couple of hits. The rabbit King was angry at Dawn for slaughtering his dear rabbits. He charged at Dawn, and Dawn ready his dagger to kill the rabbit king. It barely nicked the rabbit king as Dawn was lifted into the air.
The rabbit king threw Dawn to the ground, and it knocked the air out of him.
Attacked by Black Fluffy Rabbit King! CRITICAL HIT! Health -105
Dawn panted as he stumbled on his feet. Dawn charged at the Rabbit King with his dagger, and the rabbit king missed just dodging in time.
Attacked hit Black Fluffy Rabbit King! Damage -10
Dawn stepped back as the rabbit king moved his paw to hit Dawn. Dawn was surprised at how strong the Black Fluffy Rabbit King was. He charged back at the rabbit king again, and this time his dagger broke as the piece fell onto the ground.
Dawn was lifted into the air by the rabbit king, and then was thrown. His body hit the tree, and he puked out blood.
Attacked by Black Fluffy Rabbit King! CRITICAL HIT! Health -202
Dawn slid down the tree, and the rabbit king went up to him. He punched Dawn continuously and Dawn began felt numb from all the pain.
Attacked by Black Fluffy Rabbit King! Health -50
Attacked by Black Fluffy Rabbit King! Health -38
Attacked by Black Fluffy Rabbit King! Health -42
A few moments went by, and Dawn's health was at [105/1075]. Dawn knew that he would die, but he couldn't do anything for the Black Fluffy Rabbit King was too strong. If only, Dawn begin to think, If only I was given enough strength for a couple of seconds then I could beat this monster.
Dawn suddenly felt a surge of power inside of him. His life was already lower than 10% at [88/1075]. He balled his hands into a fist, and with his last strength he began to punch the rabbit king with all his strength. The rabbit snickered for he knew that Dawn wasn't strong enough to beat him... or so he thought.
He went flying with Dawn's fist, and Dawn then ran up to him. Dawn started to punch him with everything he had.
Attacked hit Black Fluffy Rabbit King! CRITICAL HIT! Health -201
Attacked hit Black Fluffy Rabbit King! CRITICAL HIT! Health -198
Attacked hit Black Fluffy Rabbit King! CRITICAL HIT! Health -200
Attacked hit Black Fluffy Rabbit King! CRITICAL HIT! Health -197
Dawn kept punching and punching until the King finally died. Dawn then collapsed on the ground.
You have leveled up!
New Skill: Deathly Lullaby
Deathly Lullaby Beginner Level 1. 0%
When life is lower then 10%, all stats will increase ten times.
Consequence: In exchange for using Deathly Lullaby health will continue to decrease by 20 HP each minute and HP Regeneration will be off. Health cannot be replenish by food or magic by the user. If not healed by magic by another user or NPC then the user will die.
Upon seeing his new skill he began to get up. With the rest of his strength he ran back to the camp.
Siegword was waiting for Dawn as he watched the time on his golden watch. The villagers were already up and ready to leave. They were all just waiting for Dawn now.
"And... it has been five hours." Siegword said.
Siegword sigh and he thought that maybe the first task he gave was too much for Dawn. He got up and started to head towards the forest when he saw something running towards him. The figure was covered comepletly in blood and Siegword was ready to strike thinking it was a monster, but as the figure got closer he heard a familiar voice.
“Seushi! Seushi!” It called out. Siegword took his hand off his sword and saw reconize the figure as his student.
“Dawn!” He said in excitement, but as he saw Dawn’s terrified face he knew something was off. Dawn pushed his teacher down. He was sitting on top of his teacher with a horrified expression, his chest panting up and down.
“Save me!” He cried out. Siegword was confused before seeing Dawn’s life bar decrease slowly. It was now at [28/1100]. Siegword let out a laugh, before pulling Dawn off of him. He put his hand over Dawn’s forehead and started to cast healing magic.
Dawn could feel the warm light on his head, and then his whole body became warm. He took in a deep breath as he watched his health slowly go back up until it was a full life bar. Dawn let out a sigh, before falling on his back. His stamina was also replenished, and he was about to rest until he remembered something. He got back up on his feet.
“I’ll be back with food!” He yelled as he began to run towards the forest again. Siegword only laughed at how Dawn looked as he ran back to the forest. He could tell from Dawn’s health bar that he has already rose up five levels. I chose a good student, Siegword thought as he sat back down. The villagers let out a small giggle, but they all waited patiently for Dawn to return.
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Author's Note: Sorry guys, I know that was a really long chapter. Took me about three hours to write (I didn't know it was going to be this long but I wanted to put down all the details I thought was necessary
:sleepy: ). Well that's all for today! Thanks for reading! :)