Training was simple but tiring. All we did was spar for hours. I was told that I needed to bring my Swordsmanship level up. Sadly I got nothing out of this training, I did feel a little more comfortable with a sword though.
After that was going and watching the headmaster showed me the basic spells for all of the elements. There was no fanfare or anything cool like that. It was simple and since all he needed to do was show me once we were done in two hours. My spell list was pretty hefty now.
Active skills
Passive skills
Fireball. Level 1. Attack 10. Cost 20 Mana.
Mana Manipulation. Level 1: 1% easier to manipulate Mana.
Fire Bolt. Level 1. Attack 15. Cost 10 Mana.
Voiceless Casting. Max Level.
Fire Wave. Level 1. Attack 50. Cost 100 Mana.
Advanced Runner. Level 5: 45% less END used while Running. Speed is increased by 20%
Immolation. Level 1. Rebound damage 100. Cost 250 Mana.
Advanced Cook. Level 19: 59% increase to taste and buffs. Can now make Ultra Rare meals with random bonuses.
Wind Blade. Level 1. Attack 15. Cost 40 Mana.
Swordsmanship. Level 1: 1% increase to damage dealt when using a sword.
Gale Sprint. Level 1. Increase speed by 50%. Cost 50 Mana.
Heavy Armor. Level 1: 1% increase to Defence when wearing Heavy Armor
Flight. Level 1. Fly for 10 min. Cost 1000 Mana.
Smithing. Level 1. 1% increase to stats of Items created and 1% chance to craft a higher quality item.
Meteor. Level 1. Attack 40,000. Cost 20,000 Mana.
Sewing. Level 1. 1% increase to stats of Items created and 1% chance to craft a higher quality item.
Heavy Swing. Level 1. Double damage on hit. Cost 40 END.
Cartographer. Max Level. Create a detailed map in your head of everywhere you have gone.
Triple Strike. Level 1. Attack three times in quick succession Each successful hit deals double Attack damage. Cost 50 END.
Linguist. Level 19. 19% increased rate of learning new languages. Current languages learned; Dwarven, Giant and Common.
Crafting. Level 1. 1% increase to stats of Items created and 1% chance to craft a higher quality item.
Water Jet. Level 1. Attack 10. Cost 20 Mana
Water Bomb. Level 1. Attack 20. Cost 60 Mana
Earth Wall. Level 1. Defensive wall that takes 50 damage before disappearing. Cost 10 Mana
Earth Spike. Level 1. Attack 5. Cost 10 Mana
Soul Blast. Level 1. Attack 80. Cost 140 Mana
Flash Bomb. Level 1.Blinds enemy for 3 seconds. Cost 20 Mana
Shadow Hands. Level 1. Attack 10. Cost 20 Mana
Lightning Bolt. Level 1. Attack 25. Cost 70 Mana
Frost Cone. Level 1. Attack 30. Cost 80 Mana
Gravity Well. Level 1. Attack 90. Cost 200 Mana
Teleport. Level 1. Travel to a pace you have been before. Cost 2000 Mana
Slow. Level 1. Slow down time to a third of normal time for the area around you. Cost 520 Mana
With all my new spells I was getting quite concerned on how I would level everything up. Seemed a little daunting to me. Then again I could literally live in this game for a thousand years for one year outside.
The headmaster was sitting in a chair regaining all the mana he had spent and was looking at me with a odd look on his face.
“What’s wrong?” I ask.
“Well I honestly have nothing else for you to learn. For now just go and exterminate the monsters around the city. I do have a request though.” He said.
“Yes?”
“Well if you could teach the students we might have while you are here that would be great. As you could probably tell we have no instructors at the moment. That coupled with the fact that you have max affinity in everything means that you wouldn’t be hurt from stray spells.” He said.
This ass wants me to be a magical punching bag! Might as well though, see no reason not to. Plus he did show me all the basics. “Sure. I better get paid though.”
“Of course! How does a Gold a month sound?” He asked.
I nod my head and leave. It seems my life would become way more chaotic in the future. Oh well.
Korga was waiting for me at the dining area. “What are we to do now Odin?” She asked me once I came up to her.
“Oh just monster killing now. The headmaster did ask me to teach once the academy gets more trainees though.”
‘Oh well that will be good for training yous spells.” She replied while nodding her head.
“Yea it will. I just don’t want to be in charge all that much. Anyways, where should we go to kill monsters?” I ask.
“Well we can go to the adventurer's guild and pick up a monster culling quest. They have one for the rabbits outside the walls. That quest is never ending since they breed so rapidly. Or we can just go and adventure around.” She informed me.
“Let’s get the quest.”
With that we left the academy and headed to the guild. Once again we were greeted by the receptionist in the guild. “Hello and what can I help you with today?” The receptionist asked.
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“I would like to get the rabbit horde quest please.” I say.
“Very well. Please place your thumb on the scanner and it will be recorded.”
I place my thumb and a screen appears before me.
New Quest
Rabbit Hord. Rabbits plague the area surrounding the city. Kill ten rabbits and turn in an ear for each rabbit. Quest duration: Repeatable/Infinite. Rewards: 100 EXP and 10 Copper.
After getting the quest we head out of the city to the fields with the rabbits. It took us no time at all to reach the furry little things. I wonder if they taste good.
These little bastards were as cute as could be and they almost made me want to not kill them, even though they had a random horn on their head. I needed the experience though. Gotta level and all that good stuff.
I draw my sword and rush the nearest rabbit. A bar popped up over it with its name, level and health. It was just a faint line of script that you could perceive if you focused.
Wild Rabbit. LVl 1. 45 HP
This thing should go down in one hit at least. I thrust my sword and pierce it through the chest.
OVERKILL!
Popped up over the wild rabbit. A window popped up as well.
For killing Wild Rabbit you have gained 10 EXP with a bonus of 40% for 80 INT the total gained is 14 EXP!
Would you like to disable further notifications for EXP gains? Y N
I chose yes and went over to the slain rabbit to gather any loot from it. Odd thing was that the rabbit was now gone. It was there then it just wasn’t anymore.
“The loot from kills automatically goes into your inventory.” Korga Spoke up behind me.
“Ah thanks.” I replied.
I check my inventory and see that I got one rabbit pelt and 2 copper. I got no rabbit meat so I wasn’t able to make any food at the moment.
We headed to more rabbits and slew them whenever we met one. Honestly I was way too strong for this field. After killing seven more rabbits I leveled up to two. I got four stat points to distribute as I wanted. I put two in STR and CHA.
With that we kept going and killing rabbits. I found that they always dropped two copper and a rabbit pelt. Each pelt weighed a pound so I figured I would kill until I was at the limit of my carrying capacity. I sighed as I looked at the amount of rabbits I would have to slaughter. Three hundred and seventy to be exact.
I decide then that all my future stat points need to go into CHA or WIS just to be safe.
I became a rabbit killing machine and started sprinting along. I was able to kill one every minute since they were so plentiful. After 14 more rabbits killed I got another level up. This time I put all four points into CHA.
By the time I had filled up my inventory and maxed out my carry limit I was level ten. I now had twenty in CHA and twenty nine in WIS. feeling pretty pleased with myself I headed back to the guild. Korga had been silent this entire time so I was slightly surprised when she stopped me at the front of the guild.
“I have decided that you no longer need me to help you or train you. I will go let your parents know and I won’t be bothering you anymore. Honestly you should have had a lot of trouble with the rabbits out there but you are just too strong. Don’t forget to train your body now that you hit level ten. Have a good one Odin.” She said as she left me.
I just shrugged my shoulders and went inside. Not like she helped much in the first place.
[Hey she was supposed to be your guide and possible companion!]
Well that’s dumb. That is like a handicap for new players. Pretty lame if you are reading a story and the main character has such a nice handicap!
[Don’t care! I like those kind of stories.]
Whatever. Hey what is the level cap?
[There isn’t one. Never liked em. Seems silly having a level seventy character slaying a dragon! Besides once you leave this planet you will face things at level three thousand and above!]
Leave this planet?
[Nothing!]
With that Alex left. I would say that he spilled a very important spoiler. Either way it didn’t matter since I had a long ways to go.
I walk into the guild, alone, and walk up to the receptionist.
“What can I do for you?” She asked me.
“I would like to turn in my quest.”
“Certainly. Just press down your thumb please. And…. got it. Wait um you have completed the quest thirty seven times. I need to get the guild master for this.” She stammered before she left.
I waited patiently in the guild as she went to get the guild master. A couple groups were in the main hall chatting it up before they headed out. I paid them no mind.
The guild master came down the hall took one look at me and went back upstairs. The receptionist just walked over to me slowly.
“Ok so here's how it works. Endless quest like these complete every time you complete the quest since you completed it thirty seven times you will get the rewards of all of it. I just had to make sure that the guild master knew. Anyways all completed. Have a good day.” she said as she dismissed me.
Honestly that made me happy since I needed the money and experience. I see one window pop up followed by the notification of a level up. I raised my CHA and Wis and saw that I now had over eleven silver. Seems like it takes a hundred copper to make a silver gold will probably be the same. What really confuses me though was the EXP gained by the rabbits stayed the same.
I walk back up to the receptionist to ask her. “Hey why didn’t I get less EXp from killing the rabbits when I got to a higher level? Also could you tell me where to sell my rabbit pelts?”
“Ok well to answer your first question. Monsters will only give a base amount of EXP and it never changes. Sure you could farm the monsters but you would be so strong that you would never advance your skills since you have to be actually fighting to increase them. Second question would be to go to the leatherworker down the street.” She curtly replied.
“Thanks.” I said as I walked away.
I headed out the guild and went down the street. I found the leatherworker easily and entered the shop. At the counter a lithe elven man manned the shop.
“Welcome! What can I do for you?” He asked me.
“I need to sell my rabbit furs if you don't mind.”
“Sure how many ya got?”
“I have three hundred and seventy eight.” I replied.
“Wow… Um I can give ya ten silver for the lot.”
“Sounds good to me. Have a good day.”
With that I went back to the academy.
My days now revolved around training in the morning and going out in the evening to slaughter more rabbits. It was a good system. The new soft cap until I hit level twenty was a hundred and forty for my stats. The only problem was that I needed weights now to increase my strength and everything.
The days flew by and I was able to hit level twenty before my birthday. I didn’t even have to teach anyone at the academy. No kids had shown any aptitude or want to use magic. I hadn’t turned in my quest though because I wanted to do it all at once and then drop the quest.
I had trained with the headmaster and he was able to make some wights out of magic so my physical stats grew well and all the books in the academy raised my intelligence as well. All in all I was super strong and had a huge mana pool now.
I did sell the pelts and in total I managed to get a gold from the leatherworker. My birthday was pretty uneventful. My parents came and congratulated me on my drastic increase and wished me safe travels as I did my thing in the world.
In the end I went and turned in the quest for the rabbit slaughter. It totalled a hundred and ten times which brought me up to level twenty five. I chit chatted with the receptionist for a little bit afterwards and dropped the quest.
While talking I found out that most people that were adventurers left the town after level ten so I was way overdue to get out of here. Now that I was an adult I could go and do whatever I want. I could take over a kingdom or whatever. Not that I was going to but, you know,I could.
I left the guild and went back to my parents house. After a lot of hugs and a couple of baths from the tears my mom spilled I said goodbye. It was time to really start my adventure.
I left the house and headed out. I didn’t know what I would get into but I was sure excited about it.