Needing Equipment

'Phew it's a good thing my speed stat is high and they didnt chase me. I honestly can't afford to take the chance of being seen yet.' Brad says as he looks at his interface to see the real world time.

'I have another couple hours in game before I get up but what should I do till then. I guess finding some equipment would be the best option.' Brad thinks as he starts his way back to the old monk knowing that without a mask he shouldnt wander into the newbie village since thats where everyone is stationed out of.

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"Hey monk do you have anything to hide my facial features from others?" Brad said as he walked into the hill side shack.

Sittting up meekly the old monk points to the dresser to the other side of the room. "In there will be everything a starting adventure needs and a mask that should suit you as of the moment."

Brad walks over to the dresser and opens it up to see the mask on top of a small crate. looking at the mask he was surprised to see it as a silver(rare) rarity. The mask was completely wooden and only shaped like a face structure there was no details to lips or a nose it was all just a smooth glossy finished piece of wood.

The only parts noticeable was holes for his eyes. looking at the mask Brad was skeptical that it was actually a silver rarity but immediately felt dumb after looking at the stats.

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Mask of deception

Rarity: Silver

Stats:

Durability 200/200

Requires: Intelligence stat 18

+10 to defense

Skills:

Stealth: Made out of a rare tree only found on the main continent the mask allows the user to enter stealth mode among trees and shrubbery cost 15, cooldown 2 minutes

Passive abilities:

Obscurity: As long as mask is worn player will seem like a shadow as long as opponents are not focused on him.

Voice change: Players voice will be altered.

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'Huh a requirement to wear this well I since I have the skills I should allocate them to fit the needs.' After placing the mask on Brad is shocked to realize that he can still see and move his lips and facial muscles and feel them with his hand.

Going over to the mirror Brad notices that the mask isn't being worn. "Huh, hey why isn't the mask equipped." Brad said as he looked into his stats but to only find it's equipped.

"The mask has hidden when no danger is present and will auto form to hide you when others see you within thier eyesight." The monk says as he looks at Brad.

'I see so this could also be used as a way to know when danger is around or near me and can help with assassination attempts later on.' thinking this Brad lifts the lid to the crate to see 6 blood red vials and a hunting knifr inside.

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hunting knife: used to carve

Potions: heals 100 hp per bottle effectiveness is immediate.

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'Nice with these I should be able to complete the quest better.' Brad said as he turned to the monk. "Thank you for the items I will do my best to finish this quest as quickly as possible." He said to the monk.

"Good" the monk said as he smiled at Brad.

Favorability points added up to friends, you are now friends with mysterious old monk.

Smiling Brad bid fairwell to the monk as he logged off to get ready for school.

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Taking the headband off Brad felt brimming with energy so he started his morning workout routine before school and decided to add a couple more to each set to make up for yesterday.

After walking to school Brad goes through his day again like always not paying attention and looking out the window playing with his pen thinking about his game and how he will beat the Golden boar.

'Now that I mention it the elf girl name was Yuu too I wonder if they are the same person I mean all evidence points to a cold, rich girl from a aristocratic family' Brad says as a sneaks a glance over to find Yuu writing notes for the glass.

'If she is the elf then that must mean.... Looking down a couple of rows he sees Tians massive back and catches a glimpse of Tian doodling a crude stick figured drawing of a elf and a elephant man with the word 'Snow' above a crossed 'Yuu' and the word 'Me' above the elephant.

'Sighing' Brad could only confirm his suspicions and wonder how a meathead got so unlucky to get the cold one of the two sisters.

After class ended Brad decided to search for Jarred to ask him about his in-game name like promised. After 10 minutes to no avail Brad has a idea and starts heading to the swim wing of the college.

When he grew near he could only sigh as he saw Jarred with a pair of binoculars whistling in the stands.

"Whistle~ dang Xia that form was amazing, have you thought that maybe you should try backstroke instead I feel it would be easier to have your boobs above the water instead of below since they are so big they must slow you down." Jarred shouted only to get a disgusted look from everyone including Brad.

"Oh Brad just in time, the girls are gonna be getting into the cooldown so it will be a bit of a show due to the warm down stretching at the end of the practice." Jarred yelled waving over to Brad.

Ducking his head and hiding his face from the embarrassment he rushed over and sat next Jarred so he would stop wavy and yelling.

"So how do you like the game, who did you become?" Jarred said as he turned his eyes unwilling from the swimming babes.

"You first" Brad said as he looked back at Jarred.

"Well since you instist" Jarred said smugly as he puffed out his chest.