After one final look at his stats, Leiu got up and started roaming the forest to locate the beginner's village. It took him an entire hour to find his way back to the settlement.
The first thing he did was obviously turn in the completed quests.
"Oh my! Thank you for getting the SnowBerries."
The old lady thanked him while accepting the requests items, however, Leiu saw her boddy twitch and move robotically before it returned to normal.
"Oh my! Thank you for getting the SnowBerries."
Yet again, she repeated the same thing, after which the System Notification popped up. Leiu knew that this was a bug, or somesort of glitch, so he didn't pay it too much heed.
+15 Coppers
+2% experience
'2%? Ugh...'
His Level was 10, so of course he would get this little experience. He regretted wasting so much time getting the quests in the beginning. It became clear, contrary to his initial belief, that simply farming monsters, at least in this beginner's area, was a much more effective method of leveling.
Next thing he did was hand in the other quests.
"Thank you, young adventurer! You got rid of the Bees! You don't even know how much they annoy...bzzet...."
The man ceased talking and, with soulless stare, looking to the front. Even then, the System seemed to register the completion and hand out the rewards.
'Another bug?'
+30 Coppers
+5% experience
..
As he handed in the 3 quests, it was time for the final quest, the one for the rabbit fur.
"Thank you for bringing the rabbit fur, I'll surely give you enough money for your hard work"
Leiu nodded at the middle-aged man and accepted the coppers, but the next line startled him.
"Ah! If you ever get the Superior Rabbit fur, young man, come to me and I'll pay reward you handsomely!"
'Hmm, is this a hidden quest or is it because I already have that?'
Leiu frowned and tentatively asked,
"What if I have it? What will you give me in return?"
Upon hearing him, the middle-aged man jumped from surprise, he looked around for a second before holding Leiu's hands and saying
"You do? Y-you have it?!"
Leiu shook his hands to free himself from the man's grasp, then he said with an annoyed tone
"Yes."
"Fantastic! I can't believe it! C-come with me inside!"
As he said that, he stretched his hand to grab Leiu, but the latter avoided the man's hand, and after angrily staring at the man, he quietly followed him.
The middle-aged man sold Health Potions of various sizes, there was also Mana Potions which recover mana.
"Show it to me, I need to see it."
Once they were inside, he eagerly looked at Leiu, who in return, retrieved the fur from his inventory and handed it to the NPC. He wasn't afraid as this wasn't the real world and the NPCs were supposed to follow a script.
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The man inspected the fur as if he was looking at diamond or gold, and holding it as if holding his child. It was quite an exaggerated display for a rabbit's fur.
Leiu was expecting a good offer or reward for the fur, and if it wasn't beneficial to him, he'd just keep it until he finds a good use for it.
"It's real!"
Leiu interrupted him while saying
"Are you going to buy it or what? I don't have all day"
"Y-yes yes! If you're willing to sell, then I'll buy, definitely buy!"
The man affectionately held the fur and dashed inside, returning a minute later with a wooden box in hand.
"Please examine it and see if it's to your liking, I will also add 5 silvers!"
Heart Pendant(Normal) : +3 agility | +2 wisdom
'Not bad.'
After equipping the shabby-looking pendant, Leiu headed to the blacksmith to, hopefully, get better gear.
5 silvers from the man from earlier, almost 2 silvers from the 4 wolves and 5 silvers from the countless Bees and Rabbits, a total of 14 Silver Coins. It wasn't enough to make him wealthy, but it would fetch him some decent gear that would his raise his battle prowess.
Alas, Leiu's joy over accumulating some money was soon shattered when he saw the ridiculously exorbitant prices of displayed items. Irritated, he could only buy a shallow-looking leather armor that cost 2 silvers.
Beginner's leather armor(Normal) : +1 Vitality / +1 Strength
After equipping the leather armor, Leiu checked his stats again.
Level: 10 CLASS: None TITLE(S): NONE -- STATS -- STRENGTH : 22 HEALTH: 20 INTELLIGENCE: 19 MANA: 22 WISDOM: 18 STAMINA: 23 AGILITY: 22 -- DEXTERITY: 18 -- VITALITY: 20 --
After buying the armor, Leiu went to the General Store and bought 10 Health Potions, which cost 20 coppers each. Potions couldn't be abused in battle, only usable every 30 seconds, nevertheless, they were life-saving in the absence of Healing spells.
'It's finally time to pick a class!
The village became a bit empty as most of the people went hunting and killing monsters, basically grinding, so besides a dozen of people recruiting party members, flirting or doing simple quests that required being a 'delivery boy' like every other game, the place was relatively calm, unlike when the game opened. After all, it has been a few hours, so people must have gone to work or school.
To pick a class, you needed to go to a special NPC, the assistant who helped him create the character already informed him. It was an old man at the back of the village, and every person must go there and pick a class. Obviously, the process wasn't instant as a special class quest must be completed.
The relevant NPC was a wrinkled old man sitting near a pond and reaching a book.
He either didn't notice Leiu or completely ignored him, seemingly engrossed in the book's contents.
Leiu stopped near the old man, expecting the other party to talk to him, but there was only a prolonged awkward silence.
"Old man, aren't you the one who gives class choices?"
Hearing Leiu, the old man put the book down and stroked his beard while saying
"Indeed I am. You... you're a fine young man, hahaha"
There was a creepy vibe about the old man as he intensely looked at Leiu.
"You have quite a bit of choices, young man! But, I always like to think that each person has a fated class."
'Yeah, sure.' Thought Leiu to himself as he ignored the chuckling elderly and looked at the available choices.
⚫ Dark Knight (Unique)
⚫ Blade Dancer(Unique)
⚫ Swordsman(Normal)
⚫ Blade Berserker(Rare)
⚫ Blade Assassin(Epic)
⚫ Magic Swordsman (Epic)