Gotham City

I entered the gate and saw a busy atmosphere. Different players are buying weapons and items, some are selling Potions and Energy Cards. Some NPC Soldiers are patrolling the streets and NPC merchants have different items to sell. There's even a small store that sells bread and drinks.

I saw a Healing Center and headed there to replenish my Health. It's cheaper than Potions because they are able to completely recover your full Health and Energy unlike potions which replenish your health and energy by 100, 500, 1000 points depending on which size you bought. Although, potions have it own merits as it is designed to be used when you're out of the city. So adventurers and dungeon seekers would need them.

As I enter a group of NPC Healers approach me.

"Welcome to Gotham City Healing Center!" said the [Bronze Healer] NPC.

"The Healing Process may take a while, so please be patient."

I entered a glass tube and a notification was sent.

[System Notification] Would you like to Heal? Click and it will take 5 minutes to finish.

I click and my HP suddenly replenishes at a slow rate. Finally after 5 minutes my health had fully recovered and my fatigue was completely removed.

I went to the Nurse Desk, and paid the bill, 5 Bronze Coins to be exact and then left the Building.

While walking I noticed a Player selling a Normal Tier Shield for 10 Bronze Coins, quite pricey for a Normal Tier Shield. I've already spent 5 Bronze Coins, so 95 Bronze Coins were left in my Account.

Looks like there's no one interested in buying that shield, the merchant was already losing his hope. I approached him and asked if he is willing to sell it for 5 Bronze Coins.

The name [Shinda Rou] was floating above his head, he was a [Knight] from the Sky Tribe. After a few seconds of thinking, he answered, "How about I'll let you buy it for 5 Bronze Coins, but you need to help me find a Bronze Shield or higher."

"Well that's quite hard to find in the game as of now, I'm afraid that I cannot help you," I replied.

"If you say so, how are you able to get a Bronze Tier Sword so early in the game, I bet you are either very lucky or a rather skillful beta tester, that's why I asked for your help," he argued.

"You had keen eyes despite your appearance!" I said sarcastically. However, I don't want him to suspect me even more so I should probably just follow his whims. Being suspected to be a beta tester is kind of bad news already, I don't want him thinking I cheated my way here.

"I was a merchant in the real world before I got stuck in this game. I'm still thankful though, since this game is so life-like I hardly feel that I was in some virtual world, I could even taste and feel just as well in here. That Hashirama Boy is really a genius but a real pain in the ass, don't you think?" he said laughing. "Anyway, is it a deal?" he added.

"For me to be praised and mocked at the same time......" I whispered, "I'm in…"

I opened the Trade option and inserted 5 Bronze Coins, after a few seconds a notification was sent.

[System Notification] Would you like to Trade <5 Bronze Coins> for

I clicked and the shield was sent to my inventory

I checked its status and became satisfied.

Colossus Shield (Normal Tier)

Skills : ,

For now I'll keep it in my inventory and start to prepare myself to go with [Shinda Rou] in finding a bronze shield. Well, I easily accepted it because of my Ability , I just need to find a Shield and upgrade it to Bronze Tier.

But for now I must hide this ability because you will only be able to get this ability in a Quest in Black Iron City, the second adventurer city. So I must follow him first, the probability of us getting a bronze tier in this city is 1 in 100.

Plus I need to kill a level 100 Normal Tier Monster or a Superior Type - Normal Tier Monster to get an item above Normal Tier with only a 20% drop success rate.

So as you can see he'll benefit so much if I were able to get him a Bronze Shield. But since I couldn't have any logical explanation for my bronze sword other than being extremely lucky. I cannot normally refuse his request.

I tried to make a suggestion that I will look for a Bronze Shield in Green Leaf Forest. He agreed so I headed to the grassland and killed a Defense Type Monster, and I spotted an Armadillo. I easily killed it with my but unfortunately it didn't drop an item but only 50 Bronze Coins.

I killed a few more armadillo and managed to get a Shield in the 5th try. I also receive a lot of experience and I only need to kill another one to level up to 11.

After I killed another Armadillo, a notification was sent.

[System Notification] Player [Shirachi] reached level 11.

[Shirachi] lvl. 11 - Human (Swordsman)

HP : 6956/7000

Exp : 50

Attack : 650 (+65)

Defense : 350 (+100)

Energy : 850

Equipped Weapon : Bronze Sword (Bronze Tier)

Tamed Pet : N/A

I looked at the Shield's status:

Armadillo's Shield (Normal Tier)

Ability : , ,

I used my ability to the item and select OK, the item suddenly turned to Bronze Tier. And then I also upgraded the [Colossus Shield] that I bought and looked at its status.

Colossus Shield (Bronze Tier)

Ability : , , ,

As I walked to get to Gotham City, I felt a vibration and then a notification was sent.

[System Notification] Your Egg has hatched. Suddenly a Brown Rock Snake appeared on the field.

I looked at its status and was greatly shocked.

Brown Rock Snake - Lvl. 50 (Superior Type - Normal Tier)

Health : 50,000

Attack : 500

Defense : 200

Skills : , , , ,

I immediately used my Normal Pet Capture Card, and successfully captured it.

For me to find such a Pet, it made me really happy, although I can't summon it for now, because the Pet Tamers School where you can take your Licensure Exam was in the 3rd Adventure City. Perhaps I was really lucky just as that merchant suspected.

But still I achieved a lot in just 12 hours of playing. And it's 2 am in the morning. I returned to the City and messaged [Shinda Rou] that I managed to get him a Bronze Shield. I saw him running as he approached me. "Here you go with your Bronze Shield," I said.

"Thank you very much," he said as I gave it to him.

He checked its status and I saw him smile. "Thank you," he said again. As he was about to leave, I stopped him. "Wait, you seem to be forgetting something!" I said.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Well, as we agreed to in exchange for the Colossus Shield, I must give you 5 Bronze Coins and help you find a bronze shield. But it seems that I didn't just help you find it but I was also able to get it. So I think you must give me something in exchange for getting the Bronze Shield," I concluded.

"What you said is right, so what do you want to get?"

I grinned and opened my Trade Option, "How about you pay for it, how much can you give?"

"As of now my account has 5 Silver Coins, how about 2 Silver Coins, after all It's the very first Bronze Shield in the whole Server."

"Ok, deal."

He left after the Trade and went to the Castle, probably he is now going to kill the Boss, which is King Shoto-jin himself.

After buying Potions and Energy Cards, I went straight to the Castle. Many people are beginning to arrive in Gotham City, so the streets became busier. As I walked into the castle the guards stopped me for a moment and checked my status, after they checked, the door automatically opened and then I started to walk inside. In the end of the Red Carpet, stood a large Stone Throne, where a tall, muscular man sat wearing a Black Cape, and a Brown Chestplate.

"King Shoto-jin, I'm Shirachi of the Human Tribe. I would like to ask you if you can hand me the Gotham's Gem after I defeated you in a duel," I said quite arrogantly. I need to be assertive for him to be roused and unconsciously heed to my request, "You dare insult me with such an audacious statement, it is the city's treasure and pride that are at stake."

I didn't intend to insult you Your Highness, but it seems that you are saying that a mere swordsman like me is going to be able to defeat a high class military King like you.

"Well, if that's the case, then it's a deal!" He said profusely.

After that an announcement was sent.

[System Announcement] Player [Shirachi] achieves the requirements for a special quest. Conditions to fulfill the quest are unknown.

King Shoto-jin - Lvl. 100 (Boss Type - Normal Tier)

Health 250,000

Attack : 800

Defense : 600

Skills : , , , , ,

I should be careful, this Boss can kill with just a few shots, so I need to limit my movements to be able to avoid his Short Range attacks.

As the battle begin, King Shoto-jin immediately closed our distance to create a clean hit, he swung his but I'm able to predict its direction and easily avoid it. I take a step back and activate my to a readily exposed weak spot, the crystal in his chest.

Because of his high defense he manages to reduce the effect of the attack, and merely take a bit of his health. I guess it's still a long way to go. I continued attacking that very same spot, and his health was declining like you're downloading a 5 GB file with a very slow internet connection, luckily he was still not using his skills, maybe because he didn't see me as a threat so far.

I activated once again and managed to make a clean hit, my movements started to get fast as I was slowly getting accustomed to this body. Honestly I hardly joined any sports and immersed myself in Digital Computers, I didn't enjoy my teenage years with other people so my social skills are not much to mention. But due to the game I already felt like a budding citizen, which is probably inappropriate as I was currently fighting a muscular king with Big Axe!

The moment I found an opening, I used the hilt of my sword to stab him in his back, and because of the great timing and momentum I managed to alter his center of gravity and started to slip onto the floor. As he was about to fall I used my Bronze Sword to stab him in his hips and waist, and he released a small grunt.

"Uhgggh!"

The moment his health was reduced to half, he released his skill . And a tornado started forming in front of his body, in fact it's him who is creating that swirl, and he advanced and attacked me, I managed to get away but a huge chunk of my health was taken away.

"What a frightening technique, did I make a mistake on creating this Boss?"

But as I looked everything was perfectly normal because his attack stopped the moment I get far. Which is exactly as I programmed it.

Then I didn't hesitate to attack once again, and reduce his health.

The battle was progressing as he used a combo attack, he swung his ax vertically and horizontally and created an after image of cross, and thrust forward. I reduced my health again, And I counterattack using but I was pushed backwards.

This Boss is really a Tough One, I grabbed my sword with two hands, and screamed a battle cry.

Ahhhhhhhhh!

As I ran, a Blue energy started to wrap around my sword. I felt the energy transferring from my body to the sword, but instead of slashing, I used it to stab at the center of the crystal, as if I was trying to hit the bull's eye. My hit landed, and a crack sound can be heard from it.

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King Shoto-jin wailed in pain as he touched his chest. I managed to make a critical hit. His HP was now only 2% of his original health

He then activated and a high pitch sound started to burst out of his mouth. I covered my ears, that attack was capable of reducing my speed, and everything seems going fast.

I can now barely manage to avoid his attacks, and my health started to get down to a critical level. I need to finish him fast if I want to survive. I cleared my mind, and focused, remembering any usable information, and a thought came into me.

I gathered my energy into my right fist extending from the sword, and started to emit a blue light. The sword suddenly shakes as a blue energy ball materializes in the tip of the sword.

Once the concentrated energy started to reach a reasonable size of a ping pong ball, I held the hilt with two hands and thrust it straight to the crystal in the King's chest. Once the tip passed through the crystal, the energy ball started to expand and created an explosion.

It removed the remaining health of the boss king, and died a sorrowful death.

I sigh in relief, and my knees drop to the floor.

[System Notification] Player [Shirachi] successfully created a custom skill

[System Notification] You have successfully defeated [Gotham City Boss, King Shoto-jin].