Guild of Adventurers
Passing through the village, he looked around, as he expected it to be small, local NPCs came across here and there.
He was surprised that the developers added children who ran through the streets mixed with representatives of different races.
Andrey, passing by them, hoped that the creators of this game did not add any quests where children were involved
Players were also visible around the village who began to fill it, to his surprise he did not see representatives of other races except for the cursed angels.
Many MMOs have already abandoned the division of the initial villages, but in this game they apparently decided that the good is the forgotten old.
Passing by one of the groups, he heard someone call him. Andrei was not eager to communicate and make friends at the beginning of the game, and especially in the starting village.
He considered doing this later, but for now he wanted to learn the features of this game. The creators evasively answered questions about the game, promising that it will be an unforgettable experience for all players.
As he continued to walk, he heard footsteps approaching him, thinking that it was another player in a hurry to hunt monsters. But to his surprise, he felt someone grab his neck and squeeze it tightly.
- Hey, you feathered one, who am I talking to or do you have a hearing problem? - resounded heard a lisping male voice next to Andrei.
Feeling pain in his neck, Andrei clenched his teeth in pain and hit his elbow in the chest of the one who was holding him by the neck.
Feeling that the pressure on his neck subsides and slowly turning to the one who held him, running his hand along the neck.
- What do you want? - Andrew said through his teeth, looking at the damned angel who was holding on to chest.
He and he were about the same height, but this angel was larger in terms of muscle. He had long, light brown hair, brown eyes, and a rather handsome face.
But Andrei caught himself thinking that they were a race of damned angels, in theory, the crown of beauty among all races.
He was dressed like Andrew in the original armor, he looked back and saw his friends, who stood guard and slowly approached them.
Andrei was not afraid that they would try to attack him on the territory of the village. It was a protected area from attack, as in many games.
- You player? - Asked surprised of the damned angel who was massaging the chest after the blow.
Andrei, silently walked away from the guy at a sufficient distance by this time, friends arrived in time for the one who grabbed him by the neck.
Looking around at the attacker's friends, he didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. One was taller than Andrey but had a leaner body structure with deep-set blue eyes that stared at him intently.
The last friend was of average height and had muscle groups but not as large as those of the one who tried to grab Andrei by the neck. If this was a classic MMO game, then he was now looking at representatives of all the classic roles that the player could move through.
- I repeat my question, what do you need? - Andrei said, remembering the faces of each of the friends who were now standing in front of him.
The surprise of the guys did not escape his gaze when he addressed them, from the words of the first they thought that he was an NPC but for what reason?
- So you're really a player, how did you get four wings? Are you a closed beta tester? - Questions were heard from a thin guy.
According to their reasoning, Andrei already understood that it did not seem to him that all the damned angels he saw were with only two wings, but he had a hope that there were others with four wings.
- No, I'm not a participant in closed beta testing, but I got the same as you did when you first entered the game, is that all? - He said squinting, watching the facial expressions and behavior of the body of his interlocutors.
He saw that his wings were just an excuse, most likely if there was another player in his place, he would be dragged outside the village and beaten.
Watching them doubt and silently concluding that the conversation was over, Andrei turned and walked towards the adventurers guild.
Approaching it, he noticed that it was still not crowded, most likely the players would come here after their hunt.
The building was a three-story building made of gray stone, on some floors there were visible balconies on which people stood discussing something.
As he got closer, he saw how the local adventurers who were standing near the door looked at him with interest. Someone grinned and whispered while watching Andrei enter the adventurers guild.
Once inside, Andrei looked around, he was surprised at how small the room was.
There were a couple of tables near the walls, and near the other wall there was a table next to which sat a pretty girl with naughty red hair and bright green eyes.
Andrei saw only the top of her clothes, she was wearing a white blouse on her left shoulder, a strange brooch was visible.
There was no one inside except for them, so she immediately noticed the incoming cursed angel.
Andrei saw how she frowned, he hoped that the developers did not make this game with a lack of understanding of other races, this shit was enough in reality.
As he walked towards her, he felt the wood on the floor give way under his weight. He wondered if he was that heavy?
Andrey could only hope to find out this answer in the game itself, since the creators of this world deliberately missed certain moments in the game.
- Good afternoon, can you tell me how I can get assignments? - Trying to speak friendly and smiling asked Andrey.
As it was sung to him in one old song, that a smile is the first thing to start a friendship. But whether his smile was not sincere or something else, but the girl, grimacing, silently took out a book on which was written "Assignments of the village of Sholein".
Marking in his head the names of the village in which he ended up, Andrei opened the book and looked through the tasks. Unlike other games, there was no ranking by levels or by letters.
There were various tasks from helping guards around the village to helping local farmers with wages.
Already thinking that the dwarf had messed up something and thinking to leave in search of other information, he found on one of the pages what he was looking for.
[ Quests: Kill the newborn bloodsuckers.
Location in the woods: Sholein
Number of Creatures : 6
Features: These monsters hunt in a pack, there is a weak mind and the possession of residual magic that they owned during life, they are dangerous at night.
Recommended number of adventurers: 7-9
Evidence Eliminated: The front fangs of all bloodsucker converts.
Payment: 400 gold.]
He didn't know how much stronger he was than the locals but if he didn't try he wouldn't know his strength.
Without thinking twice and pointing to the tasks and telling the girl that he will complete these tasks. Andrei went to the allotted territory, he hoped that he would not meet other players.
On his way out of the city, he came across a one-story shop made from the same brick as the Adventurer's Guild building.
There was no one from the villagers near her, this shop of Andrey was interested in an unusual sign in the form of a book.
And if he wanted to know this world better, where can he learn history even better, if not in the books of this world.
Andrei did not want to wait until loopholes and stories on the Internet about where to go and what to do come out.
He wanted to explore the world himself, interacting with the players and finding out how developed the NPCs were in this game. Entering the store, he caught a pleasant smell that could only be found in bookstores.
To his regret, looking around, the store, like the first floor of the Adventurer's Guild, was small. There were only two rows of books, and some of them were also placed on the walls.
He was looking for inscriptions that would help him decide where to look for the history of the world, but no matter how much he looked, he did not see similar abbreviations. Absorbed by the search for books, he did not notice that someone approached him.
- Are you interested in something specific? - I heard a pleasant female voice from Andrey's back.
Hearing the voice, he unknowingly shuddered, Andrei was not yet accustomed to this world and was all in search of a book.
Turning around, he saw an elf she had slightly greenish skin, she had dark hair and striking bright blue eyes.
She was a little shorter than Andrey, she was dressed in a simple white blouse that hugged her body and emphasized the curves and black trousers. Hearing her repeated question, he came to his senses and smiled shyly.
- Yes, do not tell me where you have the history of the world? - He asked with a slight smile.
Having had a bad experience with a girl in the Adventurer's Guild, he expected a similar reaction from this elf.
- History of the world? Here it is, but why do you need a book? - The elf asked in surprise, holding out a book to him.
Looking at the book stretched out to him, he carefully took it lightly touching the elf with his fingers.
The book was heavy, the color of the book was light green with the image of a god, as Andrei understood.
A desire to read it appeared in his eyes, but remembering that he still did not have gold, his brilliance began to subside.
- How much does it cost? - Andrew asked with concern and interest in his voice, clutching the book with his hands.
The surprised elf looked at the book and then back at the cursed angel. It seemed to her that he was joking or mocking her, how could he not know the history of the world?
- It's free, how can we charge money for a story about our world? - Uncomprehendingly asked the elf.
Realizing that he may have offended her, Andrei thought about how to get out of this strange situation.
- I decided to clarify suddenly for my race it will be paid, do you mind if I take it? - Andrei answered, unfortunately in such situations he was lost and hoped that he had not offended the elf.
Andrei saw how the elf's eyebrow crawled up, it was clear that she had doubts. But looking at him and sighing, she nodded her agreement to his request.
- Thank you, good job. - He said happily smiling, turning he left the bookstore.
The elf stood for some time looking at the place where the cursed angel was for her, he was very strange.
Leaving the store, Andrei, trying not to linger next to him, went to the exit from the village.
Realizing that he looks strange holding a book in his hands, he began to look for a similar inventory menu, but there was none. Gritting his teeth, he could only take her with him on his first quest.