DvE

Dave's POV

Is Karl okay? He hasn't sent any message or even called me. I should check up on him. Dave thought to himself while resting under a tree just north of Union City. He pulled the Hub interface and tried to call him there. Four times and no answer, he might be asleep. He started the game a couple of hours ago and he chose human as his race. He is 6 Foot 5 inches with flaming hot hair and piercing blue eyes. He is not bad looking but if this is how he looks in real life he would be a local celebrity. He was tired from trying to level from the wolves. It is quite hard to deal with monsters barehanded, thankfully the death penalty in this game is lifted until you reach your first class. So even though I died quite a few times, i still ended up killing some of those wolf.

Dave is a diehard fan of VR games so he has the grasp on how things work in-game. He thought about his status and the tab showed in his screen.

Name : DvE

Race : Human

Title : Commoner

Level : 3

Attributes :

Health 70/70

Magic 35/35

Strength: 18

Agility : 12

Vitality: 12

Intelligence: 12

Dexterity : 12

Luck : 8

Prior to resting, he added 6 of his gained attributes toward strength because he wanted to deal more damage. He is leaning toward a melee damage dealing class and building up strength is essential. He also sold the drops he gained from the monsters he killed and bought a rusty sword from the blacksmith from town. The sword was not bad as it gives him 2 attack. Better than fighting barehanded against monsters, especially ones with razor sharp claws and teeth.

Weapon : Rusty Sword

Headgear : None

Armor : Peasant Garb

Gloves : Peasant Glove

Garment : None

Boots : Peasant Boots

Accesories: None

His inventory is empty except for a few bronze coins. He would be saving up for potions so that he doesn't have to sit and rely on his natural regeneration. He stood up, marching toward Tredan Fields, try to gain some more levels. Dave wants to get to level 10 soon so he can choose his class and get some proper skills. After passing through the entrace of the field, he saw a lone wolf and he slowly approached the target, readying his sword in case it felt his presence. He was to attack the wolf when he heard several growling sounds. Looking around, he saw multiple wolves looking at his direction. I am doomed. Dave thought to himself as he readies for his inevitable death. He was surrounded and he has nothing else to do but bring with his death any number of wolf he can.

Brandishing his rusty sword, he rushed toward the wolf in front of him, hitting the wolf in the neck causing it to be instantly killed. He knew from experience that VR games tend to be so lifelike that weaknesses like that exists. He tried to rush to another wolf when he was cut off by 3 growling wolves. The wolves started pouncing on him, biting his arms and legs. Wearing him down before his death. He killed another wolf but alas, he died due to numerous bleeding wounds.

He revived at the town moments later.

"Okay that was an eye opener. I never thought monsters will group up this early in the game." he mumbled to himself. He checked the time in game and it is 10:15pm. He was hungry so he decided to logoff first to eat some dinner.

Stretching his arms and legs, he heard his stomach rumbling so he took out his phone and went to an app that would deliver food to him in less than 14 minutes. He ordered some chicken and mash with a side of gravy. He waited for his food to arrive. Upon arrival of the delivery, he took the food and paid 40 credits for it. While eating, he is thinking if he should group up with other adventurers to make his life easier. The downside is shared loot among the members of the party. With his dinner now done and his stomach full. Dave entered the Hub and activated sleep mode. Sleep mode allows the user of the Hub to play normally while his body sleeps. Giving more time for hardcore players to grind without sacrificing health.

When Dave opened his eyes, he is in the same spot. Earlier when he walked around Union City, he saw a place where people go to when they are looking for party members.

He talked to the owner of the tavern and said "Good day, I am DvE and I want to post on your bulletin. I am looking for party members to level with. We will be leveling at Tredan Fields." Dave said to the person behind the counter. "Good day sir, I am Kop and this is the Tavern of Mercenaries. Okay adventurer DvE, that will cost you 1 bronze coin. I will post it and they will personally message you. After 15 minutes the bulletin will be automatically taken down by the system. Have a good day!"

Kop said as he left dave to take care of other adventurers.

With that, he went outside the tavern and trudged to the north gate. He received a personal message, upon pulling up the message interface he saw another player named SassyGirl that wants to team up with him. He invited SassyGirl into the party and told her to go to the north gate. He received 2 notifications asking to join the party. Namely, Ninini and Bennie, he invited both and told them to get their asses to the north gate. They arrived minutes later. SassyGirl is a female human, slender build with pink hair and eyes. Ninini and Bennie on the other hand seems to be a couple as they are walking while their hands are entwined. Ninini is a petite blonde human with brown eyes and Bennie is around his height with short black hair and jet black eyes.

With a little introduction to each other, they went on their way to Tredan Fields. While walking, Dave pulled out the Party Tab and this is how it looks like

Leader: DvE (Lvl. 3 - Peasant)

Members: SassyGirl (Lvl. 3- Peasant)

Ninini ( Lvl. 2 - Peasant)

Bennie (Lvl. 3 - Peasant)

A party can have 4 members, with a total of 5 including the leader. He did not wait to get to 5 because he wanted to start leveling as soon as he can. Dave switched to the party chat so that only his party members can hear him and said "We are close to the fields, do not engage to any monsters. We will scout first and will try to attack a single monster simultaneously. I encountered a group of wolves which killed me less than an hour ago."

SassyGirl snorted and said "You must've been careless and attracted the aggro of multiple wolves."

Ninini on the other said said "Just be careful, we are a party here, no need to get... SASSY" while smiling a little, happy with her little pun. Bennie just shook his head while smiling at Ninini.

The group arrived at the entrance shortly.

They went past people who are grinding for levels same as them. Varying amount of party members from duos to 5 man teams that are ganging up on a single wolf. There are many leveling grounds in game but due to the amount of people starting up as the game has just been released, the crowd is still in the beginning stages of the game. Dave talked in their party chat and said.

"Ninini, you are the lowest level in the group, stay in the middle of the formation. Bennie you'll be the last so you can see and possibly defend us from the back if we are ambushed by reds. Sassy you are with me on this one." Dave said as the group trudging to the fields. Minutes after they saw a red named wolf. Dave took initiative and said "I will lure monsters , you guys hide and attack once I am close enough." the 3 nodded in agreement. He sprinted towards the wolf and shouted "Hey dumb dog, come get me." and the wolf snarled, chasing him. Dave ran, making sure he doesn't lose the aggro of the monster when he shouted "NOW!" and the 4 of them jumped the wolf, each person hit the wolf once before it disappeared into particles of light. They did this kind of leveling for hours, each of them gaining 3 levels.

Dave gained some levels so he placed 6 to strength and 3 to vitality, making sure he can take more hits for his party.

Name : DvE

Race : Human

Title : Commoner

Level : 6

Attributes :

Health 100

Magic 50

Strength: 24

Agility : 12

Vitality: 15

Intelligence: 12

Dexterity : 12

Luck : 8

His inventory consists of the following items:

Wolf Pelt x23

Wolf fang x9

Tail of the wolf x3

The item drops are equally shared between players in a party, going from the leader first down to the members, 1 drop at a time. They killed tons of wolves using their own little technique of Dave being literally a bait for the team. They had one good loot which is the Wolf Leather Armor but Ninini got it and she gave it to his boyfriend Bennie. From the times they were farming monsters, he once stumbled on a rock he did not see, getting bitten by the wolf he attacked. Luckily, his wounds weren't that bad. SassyGirl came to his aid and attacked the wolf, leaving Dave and chasing SassyGirl instead. He thanked her and she just called him an idiot for not planning his path.

They went deeper in the fields, to such a degree that there are almost no players hanging around due to the unexpected number of wolves in the area. Dave suddenly raised his right hand signalling for them to stop.

"Can you guys see that?" He pointed to an unusually large wolf. It has a shade of black and red on its fur and blood red eyes. The name said "Mayne Wolf" in red, which means it might be a mini boss of some sort. Before Dave got to ask the party if they wanna circle around the possible mini boss or not, they heard it howl and with it multiple howling to answer to its call.

"We are in trouble guys." Dave said, with hint of fear in his voice.