63 Chapter 28: The Systems First Mission (2/2)
Bag, Collection, Pocket! But nothing happened.
Frustrated I wanted to shout the last thing that came to mind when suddenly a window popped open showing what I had collected.
Wanting to be certain that the word I had visualized inside my head indeed triggered the event I closed said bag and whispered. ”Inventory”
Again the same window popped up showing the findings I had collected.
[Inventory:
2x Angus Fangs
1x Raw Angus Beef
2x Angus Tusk
1x Low-Grade Magic Crystal
Gold: 5 Silver: 25 Brons: 80]
I looked in awe as multiple questions began to flood my mind.
How did a god come up with this concept?
Why is it that ”I” in particular was chosen for the system?
And most importantly: In what ways could I implement the system?
As the ideas, I wanted to try began to flood in like a freshly broken dam.
I realized I shouldn't get side-tracked. As I recaptured my focus one of the Angus beasts returned from its rounds.
It appeared it had collected some wood, looking at the way the entire group wanted to carefully prepare their freshly caught prey was fascinating to me, almost like how we humans would prepare our meals even...
First I made sure that the Angus was the only one present, after a while,
this was a certain fact. Which is why I carefully tried to approach it.
As I tried to attack it from behind another arrived.
My strike had instantly finished it the previous one, and since it was too dark to see,
I was lucky enough to get away unitized.
Still, it's companion got alarmed as the low-grade core crystal fell onto the ground with a heavy thud.
*thud*
Quickly the Savage Angus turned around, looking for what made the heavy sound.
As I drew closer to the prey they were preparing, I saw a chance to strike it.
When I did, the beast turned towards me and looked me straight in the eyes as it realized what was happening to it. Before it could squeal I already pierced the core crystal. Instantly the beast vaporized in front of me dropping some unexpected loot.
Warning to check the progress I thought of the word as instantly a window popped up with the progress of the mission.
[Defeated 3/5 Savage Angus. Gained 100 exp.]
Immediately after another notice popped up.
As somewhat of a victory tune ringed in my ears.
[Michael Shadowfang levelled up.
Increased level from 0 to 1, Reward: 5 status points.
Notice; we recommended to check these things out after the mission!]
As I found the notice a fair and viable suggestion I kept focused on what was important. Quickly finishing the mission so I could meet up with Haruka.
Sure enough, the other two Savage Angus arrived shortly after I collected the loot that was laying around. Without any sign of their brethren, they began to worry as they left their prey alone...
in a hurry, they began to search for their lost companions.
One left the meeting point, while the other began to thoroughly search the bushes around their meeting point. As they were the last two for the mission notice, I stayed close by the one that kept searching close by. As it had it's back turned to my I jumped towards it without making a sound, as I landed inches away from it, I accidentally stepped on a twig, giving away my position.
Unable to reverse what happened I moved in for the kill.
The Savage Agnus alarmed by the sound of the breaking twig instantly turned towards it.
Now, face to face I tried to end it as quickly as possible, but the beast blocked my sneak attack with its tusks, throwing me off guard. The beast held me in a tight lock we both couldn't let up,
as we both knew when one of us would, the other would die…
Just then, the last of its companions returned, it noticed us clashing against one another and ferociously came to the aid of its family member. It rushed towards us to attack me… Unable to move I braced myself for the full force of the impact as I tried to think of a way to counter or parry the incoming beast. But what happened next was something that chilled me to the bone…
The Savage Angus rushed headfirst into its companion, nearly instantly killing it in the process.
The beast already wounded tried to get up, but couldn't anymore… I stood there unable to process what had happened as it felt like time stood still for a moment.
Yet, as the moment felt like an eternity, in reality only a few seconds had passed as I came back to my senses.
”Hey! Master! Snap out of it! Kill the last remaining one, do it, now!!”
Eve snapped me out of my confusion as I jumped towards the last remaining savage beast.
Quickly and with one clean strike through the temple of the beast, I ended its life,
clearing the mission.
A tune celebrated the successful clearance of the mission as a window popped up to inform me about the results.
[Mission Notice; Use Your Surrounding, As you Fight For Survival!
Requirements to clear the mission; Cleared
Kill all Savage Angus 5/5
Reward;
1000 exp
5 attribute points
”?” Reward]
As I received the rewards I had now become level 4. The windows notified me that whenever I gained a level I also gained at least five attribute points, as I had played quite the amount of RPGs, Dungeon Crawlers, and Hack n' Slash games I knew this system would help me to gain strength rapidly.
Curious about the possibility to strengthen myself, I wondered what I could do with the points.
At the same time, I continued to look at the rest of the rewards. Having received the experience points and attribute points, only the ”?” or unknown rewards remained.
Wanting to know what it would be I tried pushing the button which revealed some sort of box…
Not sure about what it could do I decided to put it away in my inventory and quickly picked up and put away all stuff that lay on the ground.
As the mission came to an end I quickly opened my inventory to check my findings.
[Inventory:
2x Angus Fangs
3x Raw Angus Beef
5x Angus Tusk
5x Low-Grade Magic Crystal
Gold: 05 Silver: 51 Brons: 00]
It appeared fighting the Savage Angus had also rewarded me with cash.
But… why would a creature inside an unknown world, drop usable currency?
Why would the creatures in question even drop loot in the first place?
As I questioned the logic of the loot, no matter how awesome and cool it was,
was it practical and logical to begin with? At that moment Eve popped out of my consciousness,
as she quickly began to answer the questions that I had.
”Master, feel free to ask about ”The System” whenever you like.
But for now, I'll answer the questions currently burning in your mind.
As Eve is highly practical for those who have been chosen to use it, there are a lot of benefits.
For instance, not only do you gain experience and level up, but you will also find loot dropped by the beasts and enemies you fight.
This is all to help aid those using E.V.E.
When all danger seemed to have faded away again trees and bushes close to us began to rustle.
Quickly we hid away masking our presence as something other than the Savage Angus had arrived…