Chapter 7 (1/2)

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His name was John Yamada It sounded like a nickname you'd use in an MMO, but sadly, that was his real name A japanese-American university student, he was one of the chosen beta testers Unluckily, his professors called hiin was one whole day after the beta started

In his panic, he created a character using his real name and face Yamada didn't actuallythe sa for their channels To ood mobs to kill, which led hiadrasia, time passed at about the salance, the probleht due to their life situation seee as Earth, which meant timezones Players could choose to start in the area with the timezone they wanted

Yamada chose the country with the sae country situated to the west of the central continent, the Seize Kingdoame, what surprised hiame was It reht-see another country, and the iaht actually exist

First was the town Yaed in at the Te the tutorial, went to register hiuild The a

In norames, even so-called metropolises only had atpower Yet here, just thein already hadaround

At first Yaing into the same city, like some other famous MMORPGs, but then he found out they were all NPCs This living, breathing city was populated with AI-driven non-playable characters

He should have guessed, really All ten thousand beta testers frohout the whole real world couldn't have been dropped into a single country in-game To determine how sophisticated the AI-driven NPCs were, he watched a street stall for a long while And the owner actually began to scowl at him

The wind on his skin, the pave srilled uishable from reality

The sense of smell was replicated, but the sense of taste only worked for drinks Avatars had no need for food The huout and eat normally

As a player, Yamada was provided a lump of some sort of sweet food by the Teranted a buff when eaten But those didn't dampen his dream to try out the street food here, even if just once, and even when he knew the sense of taste wouldn't work To that end, he headed to the adventurer's guild for his first job

But the food wasn't the only reason Yaame was realism-oriented Unlike most other MMORPGs, you didn't have an inventory box You had to carry all your items by yourself From what he'd heard, only some quest items could be stored inside your character All other items took up actual space If you had too e service, or made a base somewhere

However, what Yamada was most interested were the slaves

He was disappointed at first to see that only Humans were playable as a race Turned out that apparently in World of Yggdrasia, all Deh o capture the deht, carry your burden, or serve in other ways

Slavery unnerved hi the de an eye The slaves were dressed cleanly enough, too, perhaps since they had to work in a city Ya about the matter

Then he saw the back streets He saw actual elves and beastirls, no one cracking a sht there and then He would earn enough to have a huge irls froether happily ever after

Thus he vowed, to his oretched heart

This garowth system eird

There were no Levels like normal RPGs No Classes or Jobs, either – everyone were Adventurers Players decided on their playstyle by acquiring and leveling Skills the way they wanted, with 10 being the maximum level

[John Yaic Points (MP): 40/40] [Hit Points (HP): 60/60]

[Strength: 10] [Vitality: 10] [Agility: 10] [Dexterity: 10]

[Swordsic 1] [Self-Reinforceic]: Flaic, and basic equipment: an Iron One-Handed Sword, a set of Soft Leather Armor, a set of Traveler's Clothes, and an Adventurer's Backpack

If he died, he'd lose half of his Magic Points, suffer a 10 reduction of stats, and drop all his luggage on the ground as the death penalty However, he had heard that his starting equipment and some quest reward items wouldn't drop, so Yamada went outside toithout a worry

The way coe

To prevent any mishaps in normal life, adventurers' bodies were no different froed when they entered combat Physical Combat Skills and Self-Reinforceic One MP was spent every minute for each level of coht for 40 ic recovered by 10 each hour, and each ic Points and Hit Points as a form of experience You also absorbed a part of the dead ic to recover your own

Ya stats, didn't actually have thatoutside town The ni as he had a weapon, wild ani as they ca out of town But the beginning mobs didn't offer much rewards in terms of both experience and rotesquely real, too He would've retched if the gaht a few rabbits he hunted to the adventurer's guild to sell They co after the kill – and haggled the price all the way down to just 5 bronze coins (about 5) for each rabbit He tried out a skewer of meat from a stall and vo the developers for their overcoed out He searched for inforame and headed to the wilds, away from the capital city

This was an Earth-sized open-world gadoer European countries It'd take days traveling on foot

With what little itech train, one of the a points No coal or water powered this train, only plenty ofthe ride, the ga out, or browse a version of the gaaed-out when the train arrived at your station, the game would send you a notification on your phone If you were still unavailable, your next login would put you in the nearest Temple