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Hey bro.. I don't think that's a ghoul..
Yeah... Doesn't look like it.. Looks like he's dying.
Let's search him a bit then give him a potion, don't want to have someone having to recreate a character for no reason.
Yeah you're right.
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The only thing interesting on him was this 'Butcher's Knife'. 'Well Crafted' apparently and has some alright stats on it, aswell as the scaling with the user which is really nice.. There's some weird 'ERROR' text on the bottom of the description though..
Eh. Probably nothing, let's just take it.
You're right.
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SYSTEM ALERT: This item cannot be unequipped by its user or by anyone else. Attempting to unequip this item forcefully will result in consequences.
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What the hell?
What is it?
I can't take it from him. It says that its bound to its user basically, and if i try to take it it'll have consequences.?
Let me try.
Sure I guess..
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SYSTEM ALERT: This item cannot be unequipped by its user or by anyone else. If you attempt to unequip this item again you will be punished.
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Woah.. Okay. Don't try to take it again or I'll get smitten to death basically? Ha.
Damn.. Hm. Well. Let's just give him a Health Potion and go on our ways. We'll have time before he wakes up. Do we take him with us or..?
Hm... I think the closest city from here is Soyo. Poverty-ridden, hungry, filled with crime, but he probably spawned there considering where we're at.
Soyo? Spawning there is rough. Basically everybody just spawns at Etien.
Yeah. Bad luck for him. Let's just bring him back to Soyo and get this over with.
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Fed him the potion. His HP seems to be recovering a bit.
Good.
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Finally. 'Soyo'.
HALT! Who goes there!
We're wanderers bringing back an unfortunate citizen from your town.
Sir. I recognize him. He seems to be that butcher guy from an hour or two ago.
..Hm. Very well. I'll allow you to take him to a resting place. Don't overstep your boundaries foreigners.
Yeah, obviously. See you.
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There, that should do it. Cozy little bench.
Urgh..... What the.. Where am I..? Oh.. Yeah. I got knocked out while fighting some stupid slimes.
Alright. Time to go.
Hm? Oh! People! They must have brung me back here..
Hey! Uhm. Thank you!
Oh ? He woke up.
Sigh. Yeah no problem. Don't bleed out on the road next time.
Wait.. Above their heads.. Nametags and the level underneath... Aida, level 19.. and Balkye level 20... They're players?
Wait! You're both players? Really? I'm finally seeing players!
SHUT THE HELL UP! Talk quietly you dumbass.
What? Why?
Never. Ever. Throw the word player around. You know why?! Cause NPCs turn hostile as soon as they identify someone as a player!
Huh?! Why would they do that?!
Sigh... Okay look. What happened is that deranged people playing this decided it was fun committing heinous crimes against the NPCs- no, the people of this game. And the AI being incredbibly intricate rendered them hostile to any entity identified as a player. So never converse about someone being a player.
What?! Is that why those old men at the guild said something about being close to killing me?!
Yes. Precisely.
Damn. Lore dump. What kind of twisted minds would do that to such.. real.. 'NPCs'. I mean they feel real atleast. Speech.. Emotions.. Gestures.. Thoughts.. They're basically people.
Okay, no one seems to have heard us thankfully. Look. Meet us here tomorrow at 8 PM world time precisely. Don't be late. I'll guide you in a few things. And then we go our separate ways.
Aida we have a deadline. Our work must be finished quick you know? We can't just help a newbie out whenever!
Balk, we can finish that commission quickly, and you know that, a 1 day delay isn't catastrophic.
Sigh.. You'll be the one explaining that to boss then.
Yeah, fine.
Okay, 'Hisgard'. 8 PM world time sharp. See you there.
Uh.. WAIT!
Hm? What?
What's world time..?
Sigh... The time in here. The game. Time passes at the same rate as outside of it but with a 12 hour differential. So just be here tomorrow morning first hour.
Uh okay. Thankfully it's saturday tomorrow..
Yes. Yes it is... Okay. Me and Balk are logging off now. We have some stuff to do. Add us to your friend list and we'll be done.
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SYSTEM NOTIFICATION: Aida and Balkye have sent you a friend request.
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I've accepted you both.
Good. See ya.
See you later.
And... They logged off. Okay.. Well what to do now? Oh! Right. Quest rewards. Forgot to take them earlier.
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QUEST COMPLETED!
Eliminate the slimes roaming on the forest outskirts!
15/15 slimes killed
Reward: 1000 EXP, 150 Gold, slime essence, slime goo, Small health potion.
Would you like to claim you rewards?
YES | NO
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Obviously yes.
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SYSTEM NOTIFICATION: Rewards have been transferred to your inventory.
EXP has been awarded.
You have leveled up!
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Well. That's good. Let me check my stats now.
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Hisgard
Butcher's Apprentice
LVL 2 --------> 3 : 360/3000 EXP
Gold : 250
Skills:
Butchering: LVL 2
Abilities:
Chop: LVL 1 | 90/100 MASTERY
Available Stat Points: 3
STR: 7 INT: 3 VIT: 6
AGI: 6 SEN: 4 LCK : -inf
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Hm..... It seems like slimes give me less mastery on 'Chop' when killed than those burglars I killed. No matter, i have 3 stat points to distribute.. Oh! I know. I had some trouble with withstanding attacks and overall speed in my movements, i guess vitality and agility is the way to go.
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Hisgard
Butcher's Apprentice
LVL 3 : 360/3000 EXP
Gold : 250
Skills:
Butchering: LVL 2
Abilities:
Chop: LVL 1 | 90/100 MASTERY
Available Stat Points: 3 -------> 0
STR: 7 INT: 3 VIT: 6 -----> 7
AGI: 6 -----> 8 SEN: 4 LCK : -inf
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Here. Much better. I should be able to dodge and survive attacks more efficently now.. Damn slime tendrils.
Well.I guess I'll log off now. Leo must be squirming in his seat waiting to play this. He's not wrong. This feels exhilarating. The sensations and feel incroporated in this game isn't like anything I've ever seen.. Oh wait. How do I log off again?
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System.. Log off?
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SYSTEM NOTIFICATION: Voice recognized, Intent recognized.
Are you sure wish to log off?
YES | NO
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Can't believe that worked. Well, Yes, I want to log off.
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SYSTEM NOTIFICATION: Voice recognized, Intent recognized.
Logging off now... .... .... ... ... ... ... ... ..
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Isn't this taking a bit.. Too long..?
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SYSTEM NOTIFICATION: There seems to be an issue with user software. Please try again later.
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Oh no.