Looking around, Lennon was back in the familiar starting village. Although not all the starting villages looked the same, they followed a similar layout.
The location of the starting village you spawned in depends on your IP address, which will also decide the size of your starting village. As Lennon plays from South Korea, his village was quite big because of the huge number of players in South Korea despite the country being relatively small.
Lennon sighed, he had just been tricked to pick what sounded like a garbage class, Storyteller. Was he going to go around pubs and tell stories to people like a bard?
"Status"
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Username: Lennon
Level - 1
HP - 50/50
MP - 160/160
Class: Storyteller
Race: Human
[Strength - 3] [Vitality - 5] [Agility - 4] [Intelligence - 16] [Lore - 0]
Skills ↓
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Most of the stats are self-explanatory. Strength affects your physical power, vitality affects health and stamina. Agility affects your speed while intelligence is your magical power. There are also special stats which are unique to each class, but Lennon, who was familiar with each and every class, has never heard the stat 'Lore'.
'What the fuck, why are my stats so low?'
Lennon cursed once again in his mind, the average player who picked any of the five starting classes would get at least 10 stat points in each stat. The only stat Lennon had which was above average is his intelligence. And he didn't even have any stat points in his special stat, which is supposed to be vital to his class.
"Open skills list"
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- A storyteller knows their way around, this skill will guide you towards locations significant to side, hidden and main scenarios
- Your intuition covers a radius of ten kilometres
- The skill will enter cooldown time if used, regardless of whether a location is detected inside the radius
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- Whenever you manage change the game's main scenarios, the 'Lore' stat will increase
- The stat increase will scale on how significant the change was
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- A unique buff which can only be applied to the owner of the skill and one other player
- By telling the tales which had been unheard of until now, the 'Tales' buff will be applied on either the owner, another player or both.
- The skill duration is one second
Tales Buff:
- Grants +50 Defence
- Grants +45 Agility
- Grants +15 Intelligence
The only good skill was Unheard Tales, it granted an insane amount of stat points. Defence is a stat exclusive to the tank class, but it's a well-known fact in Tisixa Online that a buff is able to temporarily grant the special stat of another class to a player.
'What are these insane buffs?'
Having 50 defence was equivalent to a level 140 tank. It should be noted that stat points are usually gained through levelling up. Every ten levels, you would gain around three stat points in every single stat, so getting 50 defence is pretty insane.
However, the skill will only last one second, and there's a cooldown time of 12 seconds. Basically, it meant that one in every seven seconds, Lennon will be invincible. However, 12 seconds is plenty of time for a high-levelled monster to ruthlessly slaughter him.
'The skill is overpowered, though the duration and the cooldown time nerfs it a lot'
There is a skill called 'Sprint' which you can obtain through getting the 'Thief' class, and that only provides thirty agility points for twenty five seconds. Moreover, the cooldown time for the 'Sprint' skill is way longer, so the 'Tales' buff can be considered one of the best all-around buffs in the game.
'12 seconds, 12 seconds, what does that remind me of?'
'Ah! The orc archers!'
The orc archers dwell within the Thinnest Forest, they are a special race of orcs who purely use bows for combat. Their average level is usually around level ninety, but they completely dominate the Thinnest Forest, which is a hunting ground for level one hundred players. The reason being that they have high agility and strength, along with their superb coordination skills, they are hard to hunt.
However, the Thinnest Forest is called that name for a reason, it has the thinnest trees of any forest in Tisixa. The trees are about as thin as a pencil, yet they are still extremely sturdy and make for great crafting material. But the material isn't easy to obtain, there is a reason why the orc archers go by another name, the elf-orcs. The archer orcs think of themselves as the protectors of the Thinnest Forest, any player who damages a tree will be immediately treated as an enemy.
'They usually move around in groups, with an elite archer orc as the leader. I should be able to do this'
Lennon had been standing at the same spot for quite a while now, occasionally cursing and stomping his feet. The players and NPCs alike thought he was crazy, but he suddenly started to sprint. He skipped right by the training facility, which is the first place new players usually visit.
The starting villages were where the players started, but there weren't any requirements to leave the village. It is recommended by the game to hone your skills before leaving, but you could venture out whenever you want. Lennon immediately visited the teleportation circle in the centre of town, all new players had a free teleportation pass.
"The Kingdom of Alcronia, west side"
Lennon told the guard where he wanted to travel and the guard chuckled.
"That isn't some place a newbie like you should go, as your senior, I'll give you a little tip. The Kingdom of Alcronia is surrounded by high-level monsters, though they are flourishing due to their elite guards, it isn't some place you should visit. The kingdom itself might be safe, but you would need quite a lot of money to get out through teleportation, and the only other way out is through the gates."
"I know, the west side please"
Lennon replied with a confident expression, which caught the guard off-guard.
"Fine, but I did warn you okay? Now step in the teleportation circle, put your arms beside your b-"
"I know, I know, hurry up"
Lennon urged the guard as he was already in a perfect position for teleportation.
'Who the hell is this kid?'
The guard could only leave it to his imagination as the 'kid' disappeared.
"He's as good as dead"