4 The Everyday School Life (1/2)
”Sir, I've finished running ten laps!” I shouted while saluting the Marshall with the pose that he had mercilessly drilled into me.
This guy, he isn't even my old grandmother anymore, he's the reincarnation of the devil! The quest I had got was a hidden chain quest which forced me to do whatever Abest asked of me. Although every branch I finished gave plentiful awards, but the things I had to do...how is this even a game anymore!?
Pushups, situps, archery, combat, how is this a game quest, this is just working out! The only positive part was that I got to run a lot, thank god.
”Good job Lynx, you can feel yourself stronger than before right?” He said while looking me over from head to toe in satisfaction.
I had taken off the cloak because it kept getting in the way, underneath was the rookie equipment that was given to every player.
Plain leather armor with a small iron dagger strapped to my side. I also had a bow and quiver hanging on my back.
What he said was true, my stats have gone up a crazy amount just from the rewards of the quest. Starting players are supposed to have ten stat points to start, and three per level up, but I already had 30 points at level three which I added most agility.
That's pretty good if I do say so myself.
Lynx
Level 5
Titles: Hidden VIP, Disciple of Marshall Abest
Class: Ranger
Achievements: 1
Health: 209
Attack: 51
Defense: 78
Strength: 5
Agility: 22
Dexterity: 1 (+5)
Vitality: 2 (+10)
Intelligence: 0
Luck: 0
Charisma: 0
I assumed since my luck was already so good I didn't need to waste stat points on more, and I didn't see the need for charisma either. Both my dexterity and vitality have permanent points thanks to the ranger training, basically, I'm feeling pretty cheat right now!
What? I'm too OP? Pfffft, no no, this is nothing compared to Toku's natural smarts or Kai's overwhelming charisma right? My family is just blessed, yeah, let's keep it at that.
[Disciple of a Legend - 4/12]
”Okay, next up we have some hands-on training. Take this coin and go to the town center, use it in the lotto. Any disciple of mine should have excellent luck, it is what keeps us alive! You may keep the awards, you pass if it is rare or above.”
...This guy is really weird, did he notice how good my luck was? I was going to go check out the lotto after this, I guess I might as well do it now! Lucky me.
The items in Sapphire were categorized in a very normal manner. Common, Unique, Special, Rare, Sub-Legendary, Legendary, and then finally Mythical. Rare was right in the middle right? Shouldn't be that hard...I think.
”I won't disappoint you, sir!”
”I know you won't, now get going.”
”Yes, sir!”
You know, ever since I was a kid I was praised for my good acting skills. I might actually believe in myself now.
I equipped my cloak and quickly leaped over the side, following the route my mentor had taken back to the tower at my top speed. Catching sight of my destination I jumped down into an abandoned alley and naturally walked into the building.
The lotto was currently empty, since the game had just been launched, and everyone was busy exploring the town or finding their friends. Seeing only a few parties chatting here and there, I walked up to the machine and slipped in the coin, pushing the button to roll the lotto.
Cmon, cmon, lucky, lucky...I'll be happy with just a rare!
[Bing bing bing! You have won the self-design gloves from the lotto machine! Thank you for your patronage!]
[Congratulations! You are the first person in the game to obtain a rare item, you have earned:
1 Achievement
20 gold
5 reputation among NPCs
Title ”Hoarder”
150000 xp]
[Congratulations! You are the first person to use the lotto, you have earned:
10000 xp]
Huh? No, wait a sec—!
[Congratulations! You are the first person to obtain a rare title, you have earned:
1 Achievement
20 reputation among NPCs
30000 xp
30 gold]
...What is this speechlessness I'm feeling right now? ...Should I do something or...I'll just ignore what happened and head back.
I'll also ignore how I just jumped up two levels and how I easily got 50 gold and how NPCs are staring at me with quite a lot of respect. ...Yeah, let's go see my good ol' master.
Now look here, the reason Yuri had been bewildered is because at only five hours into the game she has managed to level up five times. Normal level one mobs only drop around 50 xp each, and leveling up to level five would take a sum of 350000 xp, which is around 700 mobs killed in less than five hours. It was an impossible feat to do when players were still getting used to the system. In addition, achievement points were supposed to be incredibly difficult to obtain, only after doing something very unique would players get one. But Yuri had managed to obtain three easily without meaning too. And don't forget, at level three the average player would only have 19 stat points to distribute, but she had 45 which made her incredibly overpowered. It was no wonder that Toku had been so interested in such a player, Yuri was an everyday game maker's nightmare.
I quickly ran back towards the training grounds along the rooftops, making sure no one got suspicious of me and annoyed me with pestering questions.
Finally arriving back at the grounds I found my mentor and showed him the gloves I had won, earning myself a half-hearted compliment. Once I got my next mission I noticed that it was already midnight and that I had to log out.