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Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Ch5

While Oliver marveled at how peacefull election of camp managment was, managment group started introducing themself and then started to ask people to form purpose driven groups.

Biggest of the groups wanted to scout area around to check any threats around, second biggest group smaller than first one just by 2 or 3 members was group that wanted to build makeshift houses and palisade to be prepared for .

Third smallest group offered to look for any food sources.

"To make basic houses we only need to bring cutted down trees and rocks for fireplaces, anything better we are going to need make it by ourself." said Connor Mcmahon.

"I have recived informationof how big area of influence is and how far away monsters start to show up." added Yunus Cohen. "This is supposed to increase with amount of summonings."

[Area under Sanctuary influence 500m x 500m]

[Area with unlocked building feature 150m x 150m]

'250m in any direction to find few monsters huh'

[Currency added - Sanctuary Coins]

[Sanctuary Coins - awarded to citizens for any community actions such as preparing food, taking active part in construction, culling the monsters and keeping positive environment. Amount of Currency added is autonomus from managment personel. Currency can be traded, send to other survivors or used in .]

[System provided shops - Unlockable building with diffrent requirements warrying from set amount of killed monsters; survived ; citizens in Sanctuary.]

'No more paper money or credit cards, horay! And free proof of being helpful.'

Oliver walked toward Yunus Cohen which was accepting anyone who wanted to fight with monsters. Seeing 5 formed groups of people he chose smallest group to talk with. When he got close to the 3 man party made by Archer and two robbed twins he knew that as a warrior he have a decent chance to join the group.

[Race - Human

Name - ???

Age - 25

Gender - Female

Class I - Archer LV.8

Highest Attribute: 26Dex

Threat - High]

[Race - Human

Name - ???

Age - 23

Gender - Male

Class I - Healer LV.4

Highest Attribute: 21Wis

Threat - Mild]

[Race - Human

Name - ???

Age - 23

Gender - Female

Class I - Acolyte LV.5

Highest Attribute: 24Int

Threat - Medium]

Male twin seeing young Warrior moving toward them poked his sister and pointed at Oliver.

"Hello! I'm Tobias and you are?" greeted Tobias while giving Oliver a handshake.

"Hi I'm Oliver and I saw that your group does not have a Warrior, are your requirements that high?" joked Oliver.

"Hi my name is Tye and no we dont have requirements, there wasn't any warrior willing to talk to us after seeing my brothers and mine Lv's." explained Tye.

"You dont need to scare him away!" complained Tobias.

"Smaller group is better anyway" chimmed in Archer.

"And this nice person called Lorelei is our leader."

"Nice to meet you too." said Oliver looking at Lorelei.

"Lets vote! I'm yes."

"Yes too!"

"Tobias you are the one who is going to patch him up anyway."

"So that's a yes?"

"Yes, Oliver if You wish so we welcome you into our group." professionally said Lorelei.

"Thank you and I will gladly accept the invitation."

"We welcome you in our party!" said twins in unision.

After some small talk about trial in white room, Oliver found out that there is command to check day and time.

[Day: 1]

[Local time: 09:12:36]

Oliver calculated that they were dropped in here around 8am, when he was taken from elevator around 2pm while going out for groceres.

Another 15minutes of small talk passed before exploring goups were formalized. Oliver's group was asked to go towards north with second smallest group counting of 5 members. They were going to split up at 200 meter mark from , second group keept 10 meters distance from Oliver's group after seeing age and levels of their party. While talking Oliver focused on appearances of his group.

The leader Lorelei clad in leather armor similiar to his gear,but without chainmail. Leather boots with short 5cm heel bringing archer to almost 180cm in height, quiver attached to belt with 120cm bow over her shoulder and two short swords on the hip. Blond hair tied into a pony that reached shoulders, green eyes looking around vigilantly, small nose and light pink lips on very fair complexion.

'She's missing only long ears to be called an elf' Thought Oliver.

Tobias nudged Oliver "Quit staring," whispered. Tobias with height of 170cm smallest in group thanks to his sister wearing heeled boots similiar to Lorelei, with short messy black hair and blue eye's and small cut on right cheek. Clad in grey robe with green tipped sleeves that hid his body, only visible equipment on him was backpack and belt with one handed mace attached to it and small 30cm in diameter shield strapped to his left hand.

His sister Tye only snorted hearing her brother remark. Tye having medium lenght curly hair and much more femine features than her brother, similar grey robe with blue tipped sleves, with small backpack while using staff like walking stick.

Closing on 200 meter markgroup started to walk away from eachother but briefly stopped after getting notification.

[General passive skill gained - Path to Sanctuary]

[Path to Sanctuary - As a citizen of Sanctuary you know by heart where your Sanctuary is located. +1% Movement speed while walking toward Sanctuary]

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Oliver's group started walking in the north-west direction, when other group chose to go north-east. Group relaxed when bigger group walked away.

Tye noticed Oliver staring at her and began staring content with him, but only 30 seconds later she blushed and looked away. "Why are you staring at me?" She asked.

Oliver blushing a little himself coughed and asked "I wanted to ask if You and Tobias are twins?"

Tobias joined conservation "Thats right, we are twins" smugly said.

"But guide said that picking was random," said intrested Lorelei.

"Our guide said something about twins having inseparable bonds and that any twin start at same place and time." said Tye

"I bet that You guys got quest for one person"

"True, expierience is shared by contribution, thats why im weaker one here" complained Tobias.

"Now you have chance to catch up" Lorelei said and pointed at group of slimes.

[Slime - Ooze LV.6 - Green]

[Threat - Mild]

[Highest Attribute - 16Vit]

[Slime - Ooze LV.4 - Green]

[Threat - Low]

[Highest Attribute - 17Vit]

[Slime - Ooze LV.8 - Green]

[Threat - Mild]

[Highest Attribute - 19Vit]

[Slime - Ooze - Mindless gelatinous fluid with harder outer shell holding it shape eats mana to survive. Detects and attacks any other life form in its range of perception. Range of perception depending on LV.]

[Slime - Green - Subspiece of slime mostly found in places abudant in wood energy.]

Ahead of group was pack of 13 slimes with various levels from 4 up to 8.

Lowest leveled slime in size of ripe watermelon while biggest looked like yoga ball.

"Anyone fought slimes before?" asked Oliver

Rest of the group shaked head and said in unision "goblins only"

"What about you?" asked Tobias

"Goblins aswell, so we just like... attack them?"

Group just shrugged and closed in on the monsters.

"First let me and Tye attack them from range, we dont know what they are made of," said Lorelei.

Oliver and Tobias simply standed aside watching Lorelei and Tye preparing their attacks.

Slightly blue blob of energy started forming above Tye's staff, after growing to the size of fist it shoot towrads closest slime grazing it. Mana bolt hit ground behind slime kicking some dirt up, while part of slime that was hit by mana bolt exploded. Green viscious liquid started flowing out of slime, but only after 15 seconds wound closed up and slime now smaller by 1/3 of its size started wandering around area again.

"Nice start but anticlimactic ending," smirked Oliver.

"I just need to hit it in the center," pouted Tye.

Lorelei patted Tye on back and said "You can laught at Oliver when he will be trying to hack slime with hix axes."

Tobias laughed "Yeah, it is going to be a sight to behold."

"And why are You laughing, you are going with him." said Lorelei preparing to shot the slime.

"I have mace so Im just going to smack them." said smug Tobias.

"Hopefully You will be splashed with green stuff" remarked Oliver.

After 15 seconds of charging Lorelei released energy arrow that flied dead center through biggest slime making see-through hole of an smallest slime. Hurt slime started emiting bubling noises trying to repai its membrane. After 10 seconds of struggle slime slumped down and became quiet.

[Killed Kill participation <1%. Expierience gained.]

"Nothing can survive hole in the stomach" remarked Tobias.

"How often you can shot such an arrow?" asked Tye.

"I can shoot 2 such arrows before being spent" Heavily breathing responded Lorelei.

"What about your mana bolt Tye?" Inquired Oliver.

"Its called Energy Bolt and it takes up to 5% of my maximum mana growing in size, hardnes and speed depending on how much i spend on it"

"So ladies, can now we try?" Eagerly said Tobias.

Before getting response Tobias waltzed towards now smallest slime left by his sister. When Tobias was 12meters away from his target, the slime started moving in Tobias direction with triple speed from before. Suprised Tobias stopped and prepared his weapon. Oliver started walking toward Tobias to help him in need. Battle ready Tobias swinged his iron mace at right side of the jumping slime. Mace bounced off the slime, but force of the hit sended slime 2 meters to left and ruptured wound made by Tye.

[Killed Kill participation <1%. Expierience gained.]

"Nice hit." praised Oliver

"Thanks, I'm not sure if it's good or bad that I didn't destroy the shell." said unsure Tobias.

"Now me." Oliver said and walked toward lone slime. 10 meters away from slime it started moving toward intruder. Oliver prepared for slime jump easly sidestepped it and hacked slime in the middle. Liquid too heavy to fly without explosive force started poring out the slime, not minding the wound slime jumped at Oliver. Thanks to it's wound slime was even slower than before. Oliver sliced slime at two diffrent places, preparing for fourth attack he got kill notification.

[Killed Kill participation 100%. Expierience gained.]

Oliver came back to group. The group pointed out what they noticed about slimes.

"Best way to kill slime is to slash it open or explode it with magic" said Oliver.

"I belive that slime detection range is twice of their level, they are free expierience for any ranged class." contemplated Lorelei.

"Even if shell regenerates it is weaker than unbroken parts" noticed Tye.

"They move on the ground untill they are close enough to jump, pretty standard stuff" added Tobias.

After short talk they split into 3 groups, Oliver and Tye went alone while Tobias and Lorelei teamed up to kill. Few minutes later Oliver was finishing fourth slime, Tye killed 3 with rest beeing finished by Tobias and Lorelei.

[Killed x4 Kill participation 100%. Expierience gained.]

[Killed x6 Kill participation <1%. Expierience gained.]

Tobias and Tye gained level each. After short break group started wandering around looking for more monsters and intresting plants. Group splitted up 10 meters from each other to cover more area. Oliver and Lorelei walked on opposite end of line to cover weaker physically classes.

After 30 minutes of cricling Tye found some kind of fruit.

"Guys come to me I found something" yelled Tye while holding handball sized green object.

[Wood fruit - Fruit of earth commonly found in places with dense wood energy. Full of nourishment]

[Observe 0.5 -> 0.6]

[Compass 0.2 -> 0.3]

"Do we open it? I'm kind of hungry" said Tobias.

"I don't see why not." responded Lorelei

Tye placed fruit on ground and looked at Oliver and asked "Could you please do the honors?"

Oliver nodded, took aim and swinged axe at the fruit. Splitting it with one hit Oliver screamed seeing inside of the fruit "Fucking oversized walnut!"

Baffled group looked at [Wood fruit] unsure how to proceed. Oliver shrugged and picked up half of the fruit easly taking kemel out of the shell, after trying to split it equally he gave half to Lorelei. Tobias did the same and shared with his sister.

Group looket at Oliver waiting for him to bite the fruit. "For the sciene!" said Oliver and bited the fruit. Chewing the fruit Oliver made face of wonder.

"Best walnut I ate, you have to try." encouraged Oliver.

Lorelei gave the fruit chance and bit it, between bites she mumbled "Soooo good."

Tobias looked like a squirell after few seconds.

When Tye tried to bite it she was greeted with resilient texture. "What did you do with my part?" pouted Tye.

"Whats wrong?" almost done with his part asked Oliver.

"I can't bite through it!" complained Tye.

"Your jaw is too weak my sister," mocked Tobias.

"Guys I just got vitality point for eating it" said suprised Lorelei.

[Consumed +1Vit]

Tobias and Oliver quickly finished their parts, "Me too" said one after another.

Tye pulled small dagger out of robe and started to slice fruit into smaller pieces, she took one slice and started chewing it like a gum.

Group resumed exploration in previous formation.

Stat Sheet

Race - Human

Name - Oliver Hormoz

Age - 21

Gender - Male

Class I - Warrior Lv.8

Class II - N/A

Specialization - Grinder(U)

Title - Monster Slayer II

Sanctuary Coins: 0

Stats:

HP: 396/396

HP Regen: 20,9/Hr

Stamina: 324/342

Stamina Regen: 37,98/Min

Mana: 210/210

Mana Regen: 29,4/Hr

Attributes:

STR:22

AGI:18,5

DEX:20,5

END:18

VIT:19

WILL:21

INT:15

WIS:14

CHA:11

Free Points:

General Skills:

Active:

- Observe 0.6

Passive:

- Compass 0.3

- Iron stomach 0.4

- Sneaking 0.2

- Path to Sanctuary 0.1

- Information resistance 0.2

- Pain resistance 0.3

I Class: Warrior (+1 to Str,Vit,End,Will. +0,5 to Agi,Dex. +1 Free Point per level.)

Active:

- Heavy Swing 0.4

Passive:

- Basic weapon mastery 0.3

- Basic armor mastery-medium 0.3

II Class: N/A