Dying is the Only Option

Blank looked at the sky sighing, he didn't know what to do anymore, the difficulty was too hard for him.

Blank currently was in a spot, he doesn't have food, he doesn't have water, he doesn't have a good experience source. In a way, Blank was doomed to fail, and he did fail.

"Now, I can't get food. My luck sucks. I hate myself. Why did I hear Tserek Village instead of Star Dust City?" 

He started to scratch his head in confusion. The path in front of him was really narrow, it was very hard for him to move forward. But the biggest problem was that Blank was an idiot, unlike elite players who would have a good plan till now, Blank was just sitting there on a bench.

Unfortunately, there weren't any players as well, Tserek Village was really isolated. The village was surrounded by a large forest, with a small plain area, so in the end, Blank doesn't have many ways to escape.

Blank slapped his cheeks in determination. He stood up and headed to the exit of the village,

He looked at the slimes and ignored them and directly went to the forest.

Someone might say Blank is stupid he just died there and wants to go back again to that place but in the end, he is an idiot, and they do things in an unconventional way.

Blank looked at the wolf pack, he at first observed the pack, due to his previous failed assault the wolves were alert this time.

He noticed that in one second the wolves cross each other in a single point, Blank looked at this as an opportunity to attack the wolves in one hit and injure them.

Well, Blank doesn't know this but the attack he is about to use is called 'Collateral Damage' were the targets behind the primary targets also get hurt. But the damage reduces with each hit.

3...

2...

1...

0...

Blank with all his speed charged towards the wolves, although the wolves have good speed their reaction speed is really slow.

'Power Strike'

Blank's dagger glowed a bit, fortunately, it was a perfect hit, it was directly hit to the wolves.

[You have dealt 79 Physical Skill damage]

[You have dealt Collateral 73 damage]

[You have dealt Collateral 65 damage]

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Blank took the chance of the confusion of the wolves and went for a basic attack.

[You have dealt 28 Physical Basic damage]

[You have killed a Tserek Wolf]

[You gave obtained 100 EXP]

[You have obtained 'Tserek Wolf Meat']

Blank's EXP bar got filled up by 10℅. He only needed a bit less than 200 experience points to level up, he had already decided to put all his stats points in agility.

The wolves in the behind didn't much damage they copped up real quick from the surprise attack, in front of their pack they saw a human and charged towards him but the human had already killed two of their brother in the pack.

[You have dealt 29 Physical Basic damage]

[You have killed a Tserek Wolf]

[You gave obtained 100 EXP]

[You have obtained 'Tserek Wolf Meat']

Now, Blank only needed to kill one more wolf to go to the next level, but when he was about to attack the third wolf, the wolves from behind jumped forward and slashed his chest.

[You gave suffered 13 Physical damage]

[You have died]

A pillar of light appeared near the statue in Tserek village, and from the pillar of light Blank appeared with hope in his face.

Without wasting any other second Blank immediately ran to the forest, he once again thought of doing the same thing, one more wolf would be enough for him level up, but this time Blank was about to realize why Dreamer is called the Second World.

Blank was once again hiding in the bushes looking at the wolves, he looked at the wolf pack in front of him.

1..2..3..4..5..6..7...8...9....16....26

With each wolf that Blank counted sweat started to emerge from his forehead, previously it was only 7 wolves but now there are 26 wolves.

This is the reason Dreamer is called the Second World. Even though the monsters and NPCs are a bunch of codes, but these codes don't just follow the rules that are given to them, unlike other VRMMOs where the monsters have a fixed pattern, there might be a chance where there might be only one monster, while there are chances where there could be hundreds of monsters in an area.

Blank just have touched the tip of the iceberg, that is Dreamer's difficulty.

Blank was just about to leave the place but like the typical anime scenes where someone tries to escape but mistakenly makes a sound alerting his or her target, Blank just stepped on a small piece of branch.

The wolves immediately turned their attention to the sound that they just heard. Blank tried to silently run away but a wolf howled giving off Blank's location.

A group of 10 wolves ran towards Blank, they ate him to death.

[You gave suffered 133 Physical damage]

[You have died]

A pillar of light appeared near the statue, and from the pillar of light Blank appeared with a sad face.

He sits down on a bench with the light of extinguished in his eyes, he just wanted to give up but then realized that this is just a game and nothing more.

The citizens of Tserek Village noticed Blank and regarded him as a poor soul. They were inwardly laughing that Blank would be able to defeat the wolves.

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" Woah. He killed two wolves impressive" said the man.

"Yeah. I thought only elite players will know that collateral damage is one of the ways to defeat the wolves" said Jack. 

"But still, he is still far away...Wait! has it appeared?" Asked the man with a grin on his face.

"Who?" Jack thought for a while, then later a grin appeared on his face. "No. But it will be fun."