18 Formation (1/2)
Leo was leaning on a tree, checking his inventory. There, he could find the money he gained from killing the goblin. His 10 coppers turned into 20, but he couldn't tell whether the additional 10 all came from the goblin he killed or both of it and DepressedRyan last hit.
Moments after, he heard shuffling from the direction Ryan and Shesmu took. Looking up, he saw them both walking towards him.
Leo stood up and asked, ”Oh, that didn't take long. So, did you guys find any other goblin group?”
DepressedRyan was first to respond, ”Well, yeah. We found a similar group 20 meters from here. This time, there is no rock throwing goblins at the top of the trees, so it's all good.” He then paused for a second before continuing, ”but first, Shesmu wanted to discuss something here.”
”Yeah, what I wanted to discuss first was Stat Allocation. We get 5 attribute points each time we level up, so I thought it would be best for us to allocate them depending on what the team needs.” Shesmu then pondered for a moment before continuing, ”I know that it's a little bit weird to allocate stats according to the team's need, especially since we're all warrior, but I wanted us to at least have stats allocation that makes kinda sense.”
”Well, since Leo is more of the headstrong tank type of person, he should probably crank up his vitality and strength. As for me, since I handled all of the assassinations up to this point, I think that focusing on agility would be my best bet.”
”Ah, about that,” Shesmu cut in, ”why don't you change your class to assassin?”
Hearing the bomb drop, both of Leo and Ryan looked at Shesmu incredulously.
”You can do that?!” Leo asked, surprise apparent on his tone.
”Yes, you can. The instructor in the first tutorial room talked to me about it. He said that I have to go through the purification ritual or something of the sort.”
”Purification ritual,” DepressedRyan muttered. He then continued with a louder voice, ”But, I haven't played a class other than swordsman in any game for the longest time. Just coming and switching now feels weird.”
DepressedRyan's answer brought up more questions than it had answered. ”You only play swordsman?” Shesmu asked, visibly confused, ”were you always playing this janky assassin version of the swordsman class?”
After Shesmu asked his question, DepressedRyan frowned and muttered, ”No, it wasn't this way.” The pain accentuated forcing Ryan to hold his head with both hands, ”Agh, it hurts- my brain, I don't understand,” cold sweat dripped from his forehead and his legs wobbly.
Seeing his friend in such a pain, Leo held DepressedRyan. Leo acted as Ryan's support before consoling him, ”Don't worry about it, let's just sit for now until the headaches come off.”
Shesmu promptly agreed with the proposition and the trio leaned on the same tree, one next to the other. Leo kept taking care of DepressedRyan while Shesmu was lost in his thoughts. 'He has the movements of a decently good player even when compared to the scene ten years from now, but he doesn't know anything about the game. He says that he is a swordsman, but still moves and thinks like an assassin. No matter how I think about it, this makes no sense. Did he come back from the future, but forgot those memories? If so, how?'
Questions kept popping up in Shesmu's head, but no matter how much he thought about these things, he couldn't reach a definitive answer. From the corner of his eyes, Shesmu looked at Leo and Ryan. The injured man was slowly recovering with the aid of Leo. 'Your secrets seem to be deeper than mine, Ryan. In any case, staying with you will definitely make things more interesting.'
After DepressedRyan recovered, the trio continued their exploration of the forest. They went in the direction of the goblin group Shesmu and Ryan found to start their hunt.
There was five level 3 goblins in the group. Shesmu quickly assessed the situation and barked out his orders.
”Leo, you charge in first to hold their attention. Ryan, wait in the sideline and look for an assassination. I will try to focus one goblin at a time to relieve the stress from Leo, be ready to strike!”
””Understood!””
The party immediately went into action with Leo taking the lead. He raised his sword and lunged towards the first goblin.
The horde of goblins were in no formations. They were scattered randomly, and when Leo attacked, they couldn't respond properly. Before they could even stop the attacker, Leo activated Empowered Slash and swung his sword towards his victim.