First Quest!
A road in the middle of the countryside quickly replaced the sea of darkness that surrounded him.
He bent down to touch the grass underneath him. The realism was uncanny.
'This feels like grass.'
He grabbed a handful and pulled them out of the soil.
'It smells like grass.'
He took a bite.
*Gags*
'And it tastes like grass.'
*Spit*
He cleans his lips from the residue of the chewed grass.
'What the fuck is wrong with me? Why did I do that? Anyways, this looks even better than what I saw in the trailers! I mean, if someone put me inside the pod while I was sleeping and I woke up in here, I wouldn't even know this wasn't the real world. That's both awesome and kind of fuck up no cap.'
Huojia found himself so enthralled by the game that he didn't notice he was naked until he started to walk around. The sound of his balls hitting his thigh made a distinctive sound, like the one you hear when you clap your hands softly.
His first instinct was to cover himself, but then he realized that there was no one around. Besides, if anyone saw him they would be naked as well, making it a fair trade in his mind.
'If I was a teen I would be embarrassed but come on, I have been and done worse things. But did they really need to do this? I get it, you want to make the game hard, starting with nothing, ironman mode but come on, give me at least a weapon.'
He took a look around him one more time.
'Yes, there is really nothing around me.'
'Oh hey, I forgot about you. You can still read my mind? that's nice. Now let's see what this puppy has to offer.'
As he turned his wrist towards himself, a window appeared before him.
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"Oy oy, where are the items? The inventory is empty!"
*Flick*
'Hold on, I already know this one.'
*Flick*
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|Inventory | Attributes |
Backstab: you deal an extra 50% to targets from behind.
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|Inventory | Attributes | Skills |
Class: Rogue
Level: 1
Health Points (HP): 200
Mana Points (MP): 200
Attack Damage (AD): 20
Ability Power (AP): 20
Defense Point: 20
Magic Resistance (MR): 20
Movement Speed (MS): 200
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'Makes sense. So what do I do now? Where do I get quests?'
'So it's a "your actions matter" kind of game. If I follow the path I might trigger some kind of event.'
Walking down the road, the tiny rocks on the ground cut the sole of his feet. He was still amazed at how accurate the feeling of pain was, and thought about how much computer power was needed to accomplish such a task. The warmth coming from the sun, the gentle breeze that showered his body, the smell of nature.
'I can feel the warmth of the sun showering my body, the gentle breeze that cools my butt, the smell of blood... The smell of blood?'
Huojia detected a faint smell of blood in the air. There was nothing behind him, and neither looking to the sides. The road ahead disappeared into a hill so maybe it was behind it. Excited to finally get some action he ran ahead.
Up in the hill, he could see a carriage on the side of the road. The horse that was pulling the cart was shot by an arrow, making them crash into a tree nearby.
'One, two, three... Ten, ten dirty-looking ass bandits are eyeing that carriage. Hey look, two guards came out to face them. This looks rather unfair if I must say so.'
Even though they were 20 meters away, Huojia could see their levels from afar. The guards were level 10 while the bandits were 8. He wasn't sure how big the gap was between levels but it did seem to even out the situation.
'Do I help the possibly rich guy in the carriage or do I steal everything after the fight? Although they probably have a lot of money and decent gear for someone my level, I think that getting on the good their good side is better in the long run. As the proverb says, don't give a man fish, teach him how to fish, and those rich guys are my fishing net.'
With the idea of helping them, now comes the problem of how he will do so. He has no weapon, his nuts are dangling around and he is 7 levels behind. However, still unknown to him, his stats are higher than the crooks he's facing since he got lucky on the roll.
While he has 20 AD at level 1 with no weapon, they have 15 AD with full equipment, 15 DP, and 150 HP. The guards on the other hand have 20 AD, 25 DP, and 250 HP.
Ready to jump into action and punch them to death, he sees a silhouette out of the corner of his eye. It was a man a few steps closer to the action, hiding behind a tree and aiming down with his bow.
'This can't be a coincidence, the random-ass guy far away from the others.'
Huojia crouched slowly towards the archer, trying to not make any sound. Step by step, he got closer and closer until he could touch his back.
He quickly got up and put him into a rear naked choke: he encircled the bandit's neck with his right arm, grabbed the biceps of his left arm, and placed his left arm behind his head. It was the only technique he ended up learning from his friend Dan, who was an MMA fighter. A rear naked choke done right will render his victim unconscious in less than 10 seconds.
The bandit was taken by surprise. He attempted to get away but the more he struggled the stronger Huojia pushed. Seeing that he wouldn't get away, he tried to call for help, but his windpipe was getting crushed as he couldn't muster any sound.
In a last-ditch effort, he reached the knife in his pocket to stab his assailant, but by then it was too late - he could feel his vision going blurry and his body going numb until he finally fell unconscious.
While the guy was going through all that, Huojia could see the guy's health bar slowly going down. He noticed that instead of a number, it was just a bar that decreased and changed colors depending on the HP percentage. Green for 100%-50% HP, orange for 50%-20%, and red for 20%-1% .
After seeing the message, he confirmed that the guy did fall unconscious so he loosened his grip and the man fell to the ground.
'Hell yeah, it worked! I wasn't sure if the game followed the laws of biology to the tea, but this confirms it. Now, all it's left is to kill him so I can finally get some clothes.'
Huojia picked the dagger the bandit dropped and stabbed him in the heart. The heal bar slowly decreased until it became empty. He could feel the life leaving his body as his hands were stained in blood. It was an unusual feeling how warm the blood was.
*Ding*
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STR: 23
DEX: 27
CON: 23
INT: 25
LCK: 20
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Class: Rogue
Level: 2
Health Points (HP): 230
Mana Points (MP): 230
Attack Damage (AD): 25
Ability Power (AP): 23
Defense Point: 23
Magic Resistance (MR): 24
Movement Speed (MS): 202.5
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'That was fast.'
Killing someone 7 levels higher than him made him go all the way to level 2 in one go, making his job easier than before.
Just when he was about to steal his clothes, something happened. The corpse muscles relaxed and released everything it was holding in; in layman's terms, he pissed and shitted himself. A pungent smell invaded Huojia senses.
"Oh my god, the smell, I think I'm going to... Blaargh"
If before he could try to salvage something out of the corpse, now it was just a distant dream. The only thing that survived the event was the dagger in his hand and the bow he dropped, with its quiver.
'Better than nothing, I guess. They really did go all the way with realism, my god that was wicked.'
His knowledge of bows didn't go further than when he played Skyrim or the alike games. You draw the string and shoot the arrow, aiming a little bit higher depending on the distance to match the drop caused by gravity.
While he was busy getting a weapon, the situation down the road reached an impasse. The guards were more skilled and managed to kill half of the assailants, but they were too tired to continue. On the other hand, the remaining bandits were too scared to make the first move. It was as if they were waiting for something.
"Come on Robin! Shoot them!"
The biggest of them was screaming at the top of his lungs while looking around him. 'Where is this dumb fuck' he thought to himself. 'He was supposed to help us from above but now half of us are dead'
Subsequently, an arrow went flying over their heads, hitting a nearby tree. The bandit was relieved that his friend gave signs of life, or so he thought.
"About time."
"Stop messing around and hit them!"
"Yeah, now you done fucked up tin-man!"
"I can already feel the gold in my pockets."
More arrows went flying their way, but they kept missing their target.
"Man, this shit is hard," Huojia mumbled as he took another arrow out of the quiver. He was trying his hardest to hit the bandits in the head but failing miserably.
'I think I should stop trying to hit them in the head or else I'm going to get out of arrows.'
Huojia took a deep breath and looked for a more humble target, the guy's torso. They were starting to get suspicious so he needed to start hitting them. With the string extended to the max, he aimed lower and released the arrow at full power. It made a whistling sound that echoed through the field, hitting the boss right in the groin.
Huojia recoiled in pain at the sight of it; if you are a male, you know why. It was a critical hit, as the man fell and grabbed his dick in pain.
The guards used the moment of confusion to strike them fast and swiftly. In the blink of an eye, they ended another 3 bandits and the one lying in the ground, leaving only one left.
Seeing that he was basically fucked, the remaining bandit ran away. However, he ran in Huojia's direction so the latter used the chance to shot him in the leg. The arrow did not go through his leg as the bone stopped it. His health bar quickly went down into the red.
Huojia started to walk towards the limping man to finish the job. He took out the last arrow on the quiver and shot him. The arrow missed.
"Fuck!"
Since the other weapon he had was a dagger and the bandit had a longsword, he just picked a rock and threw it at him, depleting his remaining hp.
'Poor guy got killed by a naked man with a fucking rock.'