Chapter 5 (1/2)

“I just need to raise my level,” Joo-ho planned ahead. It was not possible to immediately change jobs with such a low level. As with the PC version, a player had to be at level 10 to get a job.

“Where should I farm?” Kang Joo-ho, who just came out of the security headquarters, quickly looked around.

His current level is 6. His starting equipment wasn’t good and his stats weren’t high yet. The number of monsters that can be hunted in the current situation was very limited. In addition, the kingdom of Paraville had very few hunting grounds.

“I think I should go to this quadrant.” The monsters that one can catch on the hunting ground were limited, so he was able to make a decision right away. Kang Joo-ho began to move towards the west gate.

The blacksmith… Taking steps, Kang Joo-ho looked at the mini-map to find the former blacksmith NPC.

It would be nice if I could check the whole city, he thought. But the minimap could only see a radius of 1 km. In order to check the whole map, a separate map skill or item was required. It would be okay to see the whole map as a convenience, but it was a little disappointing.

[You arrived at the Production Street.]

Soon after, Kang Joo-ho was able to find a former blacksmith NPC. The one he found was located in the middle of the Production Street west of the job square.

It was then.

“Brother!” A familiar voice came in Joo-ho’s ears. He stopped and looked at where the voice came from.

“Seok-joo!” Joo-ho shouted in return. As he expected, the source of the voice was Kim Seok-joo, the deacon.

Kim Seok-joo quickly approached Kang Joo-ho. “Brother, I thought we decided to meet at the 3rd square! And you weren’t planning on coming in the first place?”

“Oh.” Kang Joo-ho had no choice but to blush at the words of Kim Seok-joo.

“Like we said, if we couldn’t meet for the first time, we decided to meet at the 3rd square in an hour,” Seok-joo reiterated.

However, Kang Joo-ho had no intention of going to the 3rd square after an hour. He thought that it would be all right if they met, but it’s better if they didn’t, because it was a waste of time and movement.

“I was going to go there later. Were you also going to go there, Kim Seok-joo?” Joo-ho asked back.

“In a minute…” Seok-joo scratched his head.

Then, with a sudden thought, Kang Joo-ho asked with a slight frown at his forehead. “So why are you here?”

This time, Kim Seok-joo flinched. “Haha, brother! Have you finished the tutorial?” He quickly switched topics.

Kang Joo-ho responded with a smug smile to Kim Seok-joo’s reaction. “Yes, I’ve just finished it. How about you?”

“Me too! Add me as a friend first!”

[Kim Seok-joo has been added as a friend.]

After becoming friends, Kang Joo-ho asked Kim Seok-joo, “What level are you now?”

“6! What about your brother?”

“Me too.”

“It looks like it.”

Kang Joo-ho and Kim Seok-ju took a walk while talking.

“Are you going to catch a stone fox?” asked Kim Seok-joo.

“Uh, if there is no rabbit competition, I’ll grab a rabbit.” Kang Joo-ho replied as he nodded.

Stone fox was a monster that lived in the ‘Stone Fox Forest’. The forest comes a little further west from the Western gate. It was a monster at the level above the rabbit.

Of course, the first step was the starting city, Billeme.

In other countries, there were wild dogs next to rabbits. And next to the wild dogs was the foxes. There were no wild dogs in the kingdom of Paraville. In addition, the foxes of the Paraville Kingdom are not ordinary foxes. They weren’t called stone foxes for no reason.

In the bestiary, the stats of some monsters were revealed. And there was also the stone fox’s stats. Compared to rabbits, its life was three times higher, and defense and attack power were twice as high. The problem was that it had a high ability, but had the characteristics of a hard skin, which reduced the damage received by 20%.

It was rude to compare rabbits and regular foxes to stone foxes, because the stone fox has much more experience than the rabbit. And if there was no competition, catching rabbits would be a faster way to reach level 10.

“So you plan to catch a stone fox?” Kim Seok-joo asked with a smile.

“Yeah,” Joo-ho answered. “Did you go west?” he also asked, for he wanted to know if there were many players in that part of the city.

“Yeah,” Kim Seok-joo nodded. “That place was crowded.”

Unlike Kang Joo-ho, who went to the north gate, Kim Seok-joo went to the west gate. And he knew how many users there were in that part of the city.

“Let’s go party hunting!” Seok-joo suddenly suggested, accompanied with a fluttering look.

“Sure, let me invite you.” Kang Joo-ho created a party and sent an invitation to Kim Seok-joo. “By the way, how did you distribute the stats?”

Kang Joo-ho was going to become a blacksmith. So when he leveled up, he distributed the bonus stats he received to his strength and stamina. However, Kim Seok-joo was going to change his job as an enchanter. And the main stats of the enchanter was wisdom. So it seemed that his bonus stats were not invested in strength or agility.

In other words, it is not very helpful in catching stone foxes.

“Hehe, I invested 5 in my stamina and left 20,” Seok-joo answered. It was as expected by Kang Joo-ho. Kim Seok-joo did not invest in strength or agility at all.

That said, Kang Joo-ho did not intend to abandon Kim Seok-joo. Even if he didn’t invest his stats, it didn’t mean that he wasn’t helpful anymore. There is a big difference between one-on-one and two-on-one in the way they fight. If a single player has to use 10% power alone when catching a stone fox, it doesn’t even reach half of two players combined.

“After I change my job, I will definitely support you!” Kim Seok-joo shouted with a wide smile. “But will you go to the training center first?”

“Well, I’m thinking,” Kang Joo-ho replied.

Training school. It was a place where a player could raise their main stats of their main job through training, such as hitting scarecrows and avoiding attacks.

Of course, there was a limit to the stats that could be raised through training. For beginner training camps, the limit of stats you can raise is 10. For intermediate training centers, 50. For advanced training centers, 100. Lastly, in the case of a top-notch training center, it was possible to increase stats up to 200. It was impossible to post more than that.

“Because I have to raise my stats to at least 50,” Joo-ho added

But that’s not all. Each training center had a level limit. Beginners can enter from 10 to 50 levels. In addition, it was possible to enter from 51 to 200 for intermediate, from 201 to 500 for advanced, and from 501 to 1000 for the best.

For example, if a player reaches level 51 without getting all 10 stats from the beginner training camp, they wouldn’t be able to obtain it anymore, even from other training camps.