I have been punching this training dummy for a while now. using Physical Reinforcement for 10 seconds and it takes just over half an hour to get back up to 1000 SF points. I was told I would meet up with Hana and Lin tomorrow and I am guessing they don't mean in game time. so I have a full 5 days to punch this thing and find a class that I think I can use. I am told there are unique classes and hidden classes. heck you can even make an original class but I am not after any of that. there is already a class purfect for me. I look at my stats before continuing.
Status Screen
Strength7Vitality5Agility8Dexterity38Intelligence1Wisdom1
I look at the screen. no real surprise there. strength is progressing well and I feel my self doing a lot more damage to the training dummy. a simple punch does 10 damage, technique on top of that lets me do 16 damage and even more depending on where you hit someone. adding 1 point in strength adds 10 points of basic attack damage. simple right?
vitality is your overall physical defence and reducing damage revived by 5 per stat point, it also increases health regeneration. you start with 0.5HP/s. each point increases it by 0.5HP/s. to increase how much health you actually have you need to raise your level. start with 1000, level 2 is 2000 level 3 is 3000. only monsters are the exception or so I am lead to believe however something tells me tank classes may be able to eventually.
Agility is how fast you can move. 1 point is 10 meters per second and 2 points is 11 meters per second. however there is a catch, ever heard the saying more speed less haste? you can move fast but your body will struggle to keep up with you. that is where the dexterity stat comes in, balanced and controlled movements. I don't know how this one works but I am a martial artist so I guess my ridiculously high dexterity is from that? it also improves accuracy of bows and arrows but I can ignore that one since I fight with hand to hand combat.
Intelligence increases my Spirit Force's damage. if I learn a Spirit Bolt / rip off fire bolt I can do extra damage. I guess it may help my Physical Reinforcement when its mastery is high enough. it also helps raise my SF cap. meaning I can store more of it. I don't know how it works as I am still an idiot with 1 point in Intelligence
Wisdom should improve my SF per second. it is at 0.5/s at the moment however it should increase by 0.5/s for each stat point allocated.
so basically, I am doing ok. with all this done I go over to get my class. you may be wondering what I. a great martial artist could need as a class to help me? it is very simple. speed. I need a class that is faster then any other. the Courier class. used to move items and information from one country to another. why did I choose this class? because any other class allowed on the battle field requires a weapon with the exception of this class and all of its advancements. it also pays well. I walk over to the Post Office to receive the class. I notice only one person there who looks board... I knew not many people wanted such a class but this is just amazing at the shear amount of no players picking this class.
"What may I help you with" The Courier said to me noticing I had entered. I smiled.
"I would like to become a Courier" I said simply making him jump up with a look that is what I call to exited.
"You are the first and only person I know that has chosen the become a courier in a long time my friend. are you sure?" Said the Courier. I can't see his name or anything above his head so it is a little disturbing. maybe that is the stealth aspect I have heard about, sometimes you can get asked to deliver a message to someone in a war zone or unfriendly territory so you need to be very fast but also have stealth abilities that rival assassins. or the Ninja class, they said there was no Ninja class but that is just because of how hidden you have to be. it is the most hidden class. but enough about classes that I wont be.
"Yes" I said simply and a blue box came up.
Courier
Level 1You are now a Courier tasked with delivering items and messages from one location to another, unlike most jobs you get paid for what you do and not how long you do it
Free RunningMastery: Beginner Level 1you can now move 50% faster on any terrain
Hidden
Mastery: Beginner Level 1You now make 50% less noise and any pressure or presence you have will be reduced by 50%
ha ha ha, HAHAHAHA!!!! with this I am now much faster, I have stealth and I have a stable income. "So what is my first job?" I asked him and he pointed to a mountain on letters.
"here, you will need this one" He said while throwing a brown leather bag at me with an over the shoulder leather strap
Leather Courier BagQuality: EStorage Space: 100[Durability: 300/300Requirement: Courier ClassDescription: A Leather Bag that can handle moving at fast speeds and holds a lot of items
this looks like it will take a while. "Is there a deadline?" I asked with a small amount of regret for asking the question, he smiled.
"The end of the day" He said before sending me off to look at the blue box.
Courier Class QuestDifficulty: EasyDeliver the remaining 4633 Letters in the remaining time limit. 3 hours and 36 minuets
I started running after I saw that screen. I had not time to lose so I ran filled my bag and ran...
Hana's Point Of View
I have just finished becoming an archer and I was given my final task. I was told to hunt down a Wolf from the near by forest just outside the. it is level 4 so I will have some difficulty. its stats will be low but they are always in packs. and with Lin of learning about Healing Magic I have a lot to do. I wonder if I could as Richard for help? I was about to open Party Chat when I saw Richard run past me with insane speed. that is not the speed a level 1 player should have. I didn't feel his Spirit Force active as well. is he not a level 2 in speed?
oh well, he looked like he had been running around for an hour or two full speed. I know he is a Martial Artist but I did not know they did that kind of training. he may become the worlds fastest level 1. oh well. I have a wolf to hunt. I was given a 5 arrow limit and if I run out I loose my chance at being a Military Archer. this will be important for getting a lot of quests for my party, the capitals are constantly at war with both NPC and Player fighters. I will be able to become an officer eventually and gain a foothold in the capital. the first war is with the human capital. this being the Neko Capital the next war is against the Human Capital. their currant king is not a true king and allows slave trading of other races.. I would not bother but supposedly it is possible for Players to be caught and forced to go through slavery that can be classed as 18+. children that play the game are on a special server where things are more nice and colourful and they have a pain limiter of 90%, we have a pain multiplier. "Damn Sadist" I mumbled to my self while preparing my arrows and bow.
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Luke's Point Of View
*Achoo*
"Are you ok sir? do you have a cold? you have been sneezing a lot" Aron the receptionist asked me.
"Its ok, someone is just calling me a sadist somewhere" I said and he looked confused. of course he wouldn't get it...
Hana's Point Of View
I have fount my target, A lone wolf. I look around, I have prepared a hook arrow, this has rope attached to it. I have 2 normal arrows. I have 1 paralysing arrow and 1 warp arrow. all simple arrows however the warp arrow costs a lot as it has teleportation magic on it. I get a normal arrow and point it at the wolf. I then pull back my bow and fire. the wolf notices and avoids. to bad.
PsychokinesisMastery: Beginner Level 2you can manipulate objects to your will. moving 10 lbs costs 100 SF/s
I span my arrow around and shot the wolf on the back of the head. having the arrow remove its self at come back is also useful. I have 3000 SF so I wont run out any time soon. I noticed something bad. it did 2040 damage. the wolf is a level 7. I need 4 more shots on it and this time it will be ready. It charged at me and I evaded by jumping back and shooting the wolf once more in the back of the head. 2040 damage was dealt, however it will only take 1 hit for it to kill me. it is now dashing around me at a much faster rate. a wolf is fast and damage dealing, it cant take damage well. it then pounces at me and using Psychokinesis to lift myself around it I avoid the first attack however it reached the ground first and jumped back at me, I do not weigh a lot is what I would love to say but the numbers have me at 120 lbs. I don't have the Spirit Force to lift myself for to long... scratch that, the wolf was about the bite a huge chunk out of me, I dropped the warp arrow to the ground and teleported below the wolf just before it chewed my face off. I then shot and paralysis arrow into its under belly. It landed unable to move letting me deliver the fatal blow to the back of the head. the wolf died.
Quest Complete!Archer Class QuestYou have successfully killed a wolf from the Forest Of Beginnings, return to your instructor for your rewards
as soon as I finished that 3 more wolves jumped around me, all level 7. I flinched as I pressed the emergency call party button at the top left of my vision. hopefully someone will be able to get here on time. I drew an arrow and to ready to fire at the first wolf that moved. the wolf from behind me pounced at me and I fired at its front left paw. I then dashed around it with 2 wolves on my tail and a 3rd following with a bit of a limp. I used my hook arrow and made a trip wire causing the 2 wolves directly behind my to trip but they caught up fast. I drew my last arrow and aimed it behind me at the 2 wolves, however there was only 1 wolf there. I then turned my head quickly to my left which was my only blind spot as it turned to my right to aim at the wolf behind me. there was a wolf about to kill me. I was about to feel the pain of getting chewed up by wolves, because even if you no longer have any HP that does not mean you die in this game, you just cant fight back, to die your heart needs to stop or your brainwaves end. until then I would feel myself being chewed to pieces. but fortune was on my side, the wolf was hit be something. it died in 3 hits being sent flying. I turned to look at Richard standing in front of me between me an the wolves.
"Wow. 14 punches and that was it? I am a little disappointed" Richard said he had some strange gloves on and had a new class. he was a courier? yet that powerful? I did not even see all those punches "This wont take to long Hana" Richard said while charging at the second wolf, the third wolf was nowhere to be seen. it avoided the wolf as it pounced at him and he kicked it in its under belly sending it into the air a bit and then threw 2 maybe 3 punches at its head. killing it. he then turned to me with a smile. I then saw the third wolf attack him from behind him, I am not fast enough to warn him to evade it... Richard....
Richard's Point Of View. 10 minuets ago
I DID IT!!! every single one was delivered. I was now running back to make it for the time limit. I reached the post office and saw a smiling Courier. "Well done. you will make a fine Courier yet. I am Quin Blackrock. what is your name boy?" Quin asked me with a smile.
"Richard" I said and he nodded.
"I will remember it. here is your reward" He said while giving me a pair of gloves and a bag of money. "Each letter was worth 2 Silver coins. 100,000 Silver's make 1 gold coin. 100,000 coppers make a silver. any other questions boy?" Quin asked and I shook my head. "Good. now put on your gloves, they will be your weapon since I saw at the training area you like hand to hand combat" Quin said tempting me to look at the gloves.
Basic Impact GlovesQuality: EDamage: 140-150[Durability: 1038/1200Requirement: no other weapon can be heldDescription: a pair of gloves with a Soul Gem on them allowing you to deal extra damage on impact
this is Incredible. with my speed and the damage done by these gloves I can rival level 10 maybe even level 11 players. "Thank you Quin" I said and he pointed beside him, there was already more letters.
"You never run out of work, come by every so often and deliver letters. that is your job now" Quin said with a smile. my Courier level was already level 9 from that running, my Agility has increased as well. to 47. I am getting faster and faster. this will be great.
*Ring**Ring**Ring*
an annoying ring noise started drawing my attention to a help message from Hana. I opened my map and started running. when I got there I saw 2 wolves, they were child's play. I however let my guard down, a wolf was right behind me. I felt like it was time to demonstrate my other thing I was grinding. Beginner Level 2 Physical Reinforcement. I did a spin kick turning around and kicking the wolf in the face with my 1 second of power. 10 stat points extra on everything. I sent the wolf flying but felt slightly weaker. Hana looked at me thankfully.
"...did...someone...pick up... the phone?" I asked with pauses to build the suspense making Hana look confused before she remembered our previous conversation about who being weak and needing saving. she looked angry but it was to late. "BECAUSE I CALLED IT!!!" I shouted for all to hear making her get angry and start chasing me with hew bow drawn shooting me with the same arrow over and over. I think an arrow is to light to be affected by her ability much or she is OP. I was laughing all the way back.
"Get back here Richard!!!" Hana said in a mild rage as she at shot me with the same arrow over and over again. oh well, time to see how Lin is doing.
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Author's Notes
Oh look it is the fast and the furious. yes I thought of the ending to this while watching the fast and the furious. couldn't help my self as it fit to well. I hope you enjoyed the chapter.