CHAPTER 03

After he headed back towards the Village.

He noticed that it was already night time, So he Immediately logged out.

Val who was cooking with joyfulness of being able to obtain a Legendary weapon couldn't focus on cooking and accidentally roasted his scrambled egg and two pieces hotdog.

While eating he was watching TV and saw an announcement about KAM's popularity becoming number one in the world. Then the Developers who were at the new's studio were being interviewed and they announced the upcoming event of Moon Tower and its difficulty that the players were about to face.

"The Moon tower has 8 stages to climb up to, The final boss will be an S RANK Level 80 Monster. The Users are free to climb the tower, But we recommend that the Users form a party to raid this Moon tower event. The Mythical Necklace will be distributed on who ever deals the "Final hit". And The "Top Damage" will also be given a Mythical Necklace after the Boss is defeated."

"So there are only Two chances on obtaining the Mythical Necklace? Am I right sir?" As the Interviewer asked.

"Yes you are correct, After the boss gets defeated the Moon tower will eventually disappear, But if the Moon tower isn't completely raided after 3 days the tower itself along with the Mythical necklace will vanish thus ending the Event immediately." As the developer replied.

"So does this mean that the Users need to raid the tower quickly or they will not be able to get the Mythical necklace? But if the users aren't strong enough to raid the tower it would be bad for the game. A level 80 boss isn't a little bit strong for a game that just released a few days ago?" As the Interviewer asked again.

"Yes it might sound a little bit hard but worry not, I'm sure alot of users are determined and will be able to Defeat the final boss. As you can see, We do not operate the events of this game. It is merely the "MASTERPIECE" That operates the entire game. It calculates the Users capabilities and predicts their future levels and thats how the "MASTERPIECE" evaluates the EVENT's Monsters level. The inside world of KAM is solely operated by "MASTERPIECE" and we developers are the ones that operate things on the outside world matter." As the developer replied.

"Okay thank you for your responses Team OBI. We hope that this game would bloom and gain more talented users. That is all for today folks! Have a good night!"

*Turns off the TV*

"A level 80? How can i beat the shit out of that!? MASTERPIECE may be basing the outcomes only for the "UNIFIED TOP PLAYERS!" What about us newcomers damn! As he cried out of jealousy from the High level players.

"UNIFIED TOP PLAYERS" are the Top players from different countries who are currently at the "UNIFIED RANKINGS". There is two Rankings on KAM, UNIFIED RANKINGS and TOP RANKINGS. UNIFIED RANKINGS are the Top players from different countries combined and ranked by their achievements and levels. The TOP RANKINGS is a ranking for a certain country only.

Meanwhile Val "Kaowasabe" who was not even at the "TOP RANKINGS" of his own country crumbled into pieces as he heard the word "LEVEL 80 BOSS" from TV.

He knows that he won't be able to claim the event prize as his level is still low and his gears are completely trash and Only had a legendary weapon that he basically stole from an NPC QUEST.

So he was determined that he would not go to the Moon tower and just focus on grinding so that he would be able to catch up with the others and join the future upcoming events.

But he has a problem, He is currently broke and just received his Electricity bills.

*Dial*

*Ring!!!* *Ring!!!*

"Umm hell--"

"Father! Good evening! Hehe" Val acted nicely as he was about to beg his father for some extra money.

"Oh son, how are you doing? what's with the sudden call?" As the father replied.

"Umm, you know dad that I'm kinda short right now. So maybe...." As he hesitated to tell his father.

"Maybe what son?"

"Maybe give me some.. extra.. cash?" As he spoke nervously.

"How much do you need? Is it for your studies? Okay I'll send you money just make sure to study well okay?"

Val who was completely broke and failed the exams and was gonna retake another year but didn't bother cause he won a virtual capsule and became a game addict.

"Umm, okay dad. Just send me 300 USD it'll be able to manage all my expenses. Hehe" Val who was shedding tears of betrayal as he spoke and had no choice but to lie at his fathers.

"Okay son, I'll send you the money later via Gpoints."

"Okay dad, thanks."

*Call ended*

"FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK! I NEED TO MAKE MONEY OR ELSE I'LL LIVE AT THE STREETS AND I'LL BE SELLING MY PRECIOUS VIRTUAL CAPSULE TO FEED MY STOMACH!" As he thought about it while crying in utter despair.

As he wondered alot of things, He didn't notice the time and suddenly fell asleep.

The Next day...

He received the money that he's dad gave him and went out to pay his electricity bills. As he walked along the roads and saw a nearby TV shop. He saw an advertisment about Equipment selling that made a User rich instantly. Then he rushed and went back home after he paid his bill. And instantly hopped on at the Virtual capsule to play and learn about the Equipment selling.

Then he roamed the entire village and asked alot of players how to sell equipment and learned that there was an Auction store near the Teleport at the middle of the Village.

Then he checked the Auction store that was filled with alot of equipments, Even rare had a price of 20 gold. So he then wanted to auction his legendary weapon but realized that it was too valuable to auction it and will be a big help for him on killing monsters.

Then he went to an "Enhancement Area" where Users are free to enter and Enhance their equipments without paying any coins. But ofcourse, you'll need some enhancements stone.

When he went inside there was no one there, So he placed his Legendary weapon in the Enhance Tabloid and tried enhancing it.

*Enhancement success!*

"Sword of Despair +1"

*Enhancement success!*

"Sword of Despair +2"

*Enhancement success!*

"Sword of Despair +3"

*Enhancement failed!*

"Sword of Despair +1"

NOTE: If the Enhancement failed it will go back to +1 if it is 1-5. But If your equipment is +6 and it failed it will still be stuck at +6. Enhancement checkpoints are +1, +6, +11.

Then he continued to Enhance his weapon as he still had alot of Enhancement stones.

Then after 15 tries he finally reached +7.

"SWORD OF DESPAIR +7"

RATING: LEGENDARY

DMG: 1300~1500

BASE DMG: 1700~2100

ATK BONUS: ATK SKILL +2, WOUNDS, DISORDER, POTENTIAL

DURABILITY: 500/500

"Kakuyiii!" (So Cool) As he shouted filled with joy.

"The sword is shining like crazy, It's too good for my eyes! I can't believe i have a +7 Legendary weapon!" As he jumped around inside the Enhancement Area.

Then he went outside to look for Quests again. But didn't find any so he decided to just hunt monsters at the Edge of the forest.

After searching around the forest for higher level monsters he finally found "Humanoid Rats".

"HUMANOID RATS"

RANK: D

LEVEL: 20

HP: 300/300

TRAIT: STINK

Then kaowasabe started attacking the monsters with his newly enhanced fresh +7 Legendary weapon.

After 3 hours of hunting he reached level 25 and organized his stats and also he unlocked new status features and looted alot of equipments.

"Let's see our loots, INVENTORY."

*INVENTORY SHOWN*

"POSEIDON'S RING"

RATING: RARE

+300 HP, +300 MP, +10% MP REGEN

"PLATE ARMOR"

RATING: RARE

+250 HP, +300 DEF, +20 VIT, +20 DEX, +10% HP REGEN

"HELM OF AGNI"

RATING: EPIC

+300 FIRE DMG, +400 HP, +20% MP REGEN

"Hmm, not bad This'll suit me well. Let's try it on."

Kaowasabe wore the Equipments that he looted and looked amazing on it.

"STATUS."

*STATUS WINDOW*

NAME: KAOWASABE

TITLE: NONE

LVL: 25

EXP: 500/2300

CLASS: FIRE WARRIOR

HP: 5000/5000

MP: 1200/1200

FATIGUE: 12/70

USABLE SKILLS: FIRE SLASH LVL2, FLAME WAVE LVL2

PASSIVE SKILLS: MAX HP LVL3, MAX MP LVL3, HP REGEN LVL1, MP REGEN LVL2

CHARACTER STATS: 130 STR, 50 DEX, 82 VIT, 30 INT

STAT POINTS AVAILABLE: 0

KARMA POINTS: 23

"Looking good kaowasabe!" As he proudly said to himself.

"Okay next up is hunting higher level monsters!"

*Message*

"Huh? who could this be." As he opened the message that popped out.

*MESSAGE*

"Yow, how's it going? You remember me right? It's me Zeth. I was hoping if you could lend me some of your time. You see, I have this quest that's abit hard for me and i was hoping you could lend me a hand."

"So it was zeth, yeah maybe i'll help him out since his my only friend here on the game." As he went back to the village.

When kaowasabe reached the village, He saw zeth waiting for him at the Village portal, Then Zeth explained that he is currently lvl 15 and needs to kill a level 25 boss monster at the "Coast".

Kaowasabe agreed and they formed a party and went to Coast where the boss monster is located at.

After reaching coast, they saw a huge crab killing little monsters. Then zeth told him that its the boss that they're suppose to kill.

Kaowasabe then grabs his weapon and immediately rushed towards the Giant crab while Zeth was shocked when kaowasabe pulled out his weapon.

"Hey! It's a legendary right?! How come you have one!?" As he followed kaowasabe.

"I'll tell you later! For now let's finish your quest." As he replied while attacking the Crab.

"KING CRAB"

RANK: C

LVL: 25

HP: 4000/4000

TRAIT: CANNIBAL, BERSERK, PINCH OF DEATH

"Zeth! You attack from the right I'll attack from the left." As kaowasabe positioned himself at the left side.

"Copy that!" As zeth positioned himself at the right side.

Then kaowasabe went for the attack while the Crab is choosing which direction he would be focusing at.

As kaowasabe closed in, The King crab suddenly turns around at Kaowasabe and slammed its huge Pincer but kaowasabe managed to dodge it and Zeth's attack hit him at the back.

After the King crab took damage it instantly turned around and faced zeth while kaowasabe was preparing his skill and attacked the crab at the back. They did the pattern simultaneously making the King crab confused.

When the King crab's HP depleted to 1/4 it suddenly went berserk slammed its pincers all around while Zeth and kaowasabe stepped back as the Crab kept on attacking the ground.

"Kao, Let's change our attack pattern it seems this is the final phase of the Bo---- Wait! Why are you laughing so hard!?" As Zeth yelled at the lunatic who was laughing so hard cause of the King crab's abnormal state.

"HAHA! Look at that damn crab! Slamming his pincers all over the ground and rotating around like a merry go round! HAHA! As kaowasabe replied while bursting into tears laughing.

"Come on! Focus, We need to kill it now."

"Ok--Ok--Okay! HAHA! Damn abnormal crab went berserk!"

They then changed their attack patterns and widen the gap and used their mid ranged skills.

The King crab got hit but ignored them then Kaowasabe instantly fell on the ground laughing so hard that he cried. Zeth on the other hand was yelling at kaowasabe to focus and attack it again.

But they continued attacking it while the King crab ignored them. After 30 minutes of Attacking and laughing the King crab died.

Zeth thanked kaowasabe for helping him with his quests.

And the two gained alot of exp for killing the King crab, Zeth reached level 20 meanwhile Kaowasabe jumped to level 28.

Zeth asked kaowasabe about his weapon but kaowasabe didn't bother to tell him where he got it cause he was too embarrassed to tell zeth that he just stole it from a quest that was given to him by an NPC.

The two then distributed their loots and went their separate ways.

Kaowasabe then wanted to go back to the village to get some rest and buy some potions.

While he was walking he remembered the Crab's appearance when it went berserk and started laughing again.

After he reached the Village, he went to the Auction store to sell his freshly looted Weapon.

"SWORDFISH RAPIER"

RATING: OBSIDIAN

DMG: 600~699

BASE DMG: 920~1100

ATK BONUS: HOLY DMG APPEAR 47%

DURABILITY: 300/300

"First let's check the Market price for Obsidian rate weapons." As he scrolled down and looked for obsidian rate weapons.

The market price for Obsidian rate weapons were 700 Gold. For kaowasabe who was broke, He immediately auctioned his weapon for 700 Gold.

Then went to the Potion market to buy HP pots and after that he logged out.

Val then checks the KAM website if his Item was purchased, but nobody purchased it yet so he went for nap. Then he woke up and checked if his item was sold, and it was bought buy a USER. then he quickly converted the gold coins into cash and deposited it in his Gpoint account. Then he went out to buy some groceries as he felt relieved to earn some money.

When he came back home he immediately cooked some scrambled egg and five pieces hotdogs for his dinner. And He opened the TV.

"Everyone, The Moon tower has successfully been conquered!"

"Huh!? That fast!? As val spoke unconsciously.

"The Moon tower Event has now ended. Thanks to the Users defeating the Boss immediately. The two lucky players that have obtained the Mythical rate necklaces are "USER: BITEME" who is an Outstanding Blizzard Sorcerer that just reached level 50 and also the current Top1 on the Unified rankings! and the other one is "USER: AINS02" An unranked player but gave an astonishing performance during the Boss raid!"

Val then checks the forums and went to Unified rankings as he saw the Top 1 user wearing a +8 Mythical Necklace "Moon necklace".

He was mesmerized as he saw the Mythical item and forgot about the food he was cooking.

The scrambled egg and Hotdogs were once again overcooked.

Chapter 03: END