--- 9 Days Later
7:00 PM of Decemeber 12
It's been 9 days since the day the old mayor made a visit to the sisters small restaurant.
[May you have an epic adventure...]
Exp Time: 11:21:00
Yes, this is the last day Chris will be staying in the newbie village.
A lot of things happened in the past few days like the hidden quest the village elder issued to him. At which, he has to kill an elite undead and take the chain of the locket.
He already obtained it on his third day of playing. The elder was happy with his performance and gave him a special longbow which was named in memory of his dead wife. He upgraded it to legendary rank two days ago.
The moment Alice woke up, which was 2 days ago, he immediately upgraded the longbow and the rest of the items he took fancy from the forest biome elite boss, the spells from secret realm and some biome monsters and even his attributes to the limit. He planned to level up his system to lvl.4 afterwards but decided to hold on for a bit as it will take 1 whole month this time.
[Glenda(A)^,Lvl.10^: +9600RPAtk. +25%Crit. Reduces 'powershot' charge time by half and doubles it's damage. Add skill Vulcan.] (Hidden: + 1,000 Spirit Stones + 1,000 Sapphire = Glenda(S).)
[Vulcan(A): Shoots 100 arrows in 10 seconds. Each arrow deals 25% of ranged physical attack. (Single target). Manacost: 9,000 CD: 1 min.]
[Trickster's Band(A)Max:+25,000HP/MP, +1%HP/MP/sec. Bracelet accessory slot. Add skill Polymorph.]
[Polymorph(A): Allows you to personalize an avatar and name it, you can then assume the avatar's appearance any time.(Can edit it every 3 Months). Current: High Roller)]
[Chain Armor Set(D)Max,Lvl10^: Helmet, Armor, Gloves, Pants, Gloves. +800 PDef/MDef. +25 MS]
[Aegis(A)^,Lvl.10^: +1280 PDef/MDef. +25% Damage Reduction. Reflects targeted skill/spell on the user back to the caster every 30 seconds. Can be strapped on forearm even if the user held two-handed or ranged weapons.] (Hidden: Aegis(A) + 1,000 Spirit Stone + 1,000 Sapphires = Aegis(S).)
[Rejuvenation(A)Max: Target gains 2% HP/MP regen/sec. Dispels when attacked. Last until completly rejuvenated. Cooldown: 5 mins. Manacost: 6000]
[Camouflage(A)Max: User enters invisibility. Last for 12 mins. Can be cancelled if the user attacks or attacked. No cooldown. Manacost: 6,000] (Hidden: Camouflage(A) + Detection(B) + Spirit Form(A) + Speed Up(B) + 5,000 Spirit Stones + 5,000 Empty Books = Phase(SS).)
[Poison Immunity(A)Max: Immune to poison.] (Hidden: Combine at least 7 of any Elemental Immunities + at least 7 Elemental Orbs + 100,000 Obsidians + 100,000 Spirit Stones + 100,000 Empty Books = Elemental King(SSS).)
[Silence Immunity(A)Max: Immune to silence.] (Hidden: Combine at least 7 Debuff type immunities + 10,000 Deep Sea Pearls +10,000 Spirit Stones + 10,000 Empty Books = Unbreakable(SS).)
With amazing set of equipments and skills, he's ready to leave the starter village and make his way to the mainlands of Gaia. But he had to cough up an insane amount of Exp for that.
He also took down all of the hidden realms that spawned on the map and even took the effort to hunt it. After learning that it drops platinum coins and usefull skillbooks, whos going to pass that up?
He was clearing at least 10 per day obtaining thousands of platinum coins and skillbooks that he was going to save for rainy days or donation to his friends.
The starting map was quite huge but compare to mainland Gaia, it was 'small'. With the spawn rate similar to mainlands, it felt like the spawn rate of hidden realms on the starter village was super high.
His brothers also left the village just 2 days after they recieved the equipments he sent to them. They were so happy and excited that they didn't logged out until they reached level 10. Both of them teamed up for evaluation and even managed to pass S rank and getting a world announcement for it causing quite a stir in the world.
One has to know that the highest was A but it took a team of 10, the maximum. Which was even uploaded on the internet and Gaia foruns. And the solo was C. At least that was the known...
Afterwards, their A rank equips was also listed on the equipment ranking causing another stir, giving Chris some headache as the two didn't hid thier IGNs. Now, they're stuck in the city just doing dungeon runs and waiting for him to back them up. Who gave them the right to showboat?
He also met Amanda many times, which annoyed him quite a bit. She was so surprised seing his glaive, glowing orange that she kept on pestering him, asking so many questions and taking a video of him.
It made him even more famous than he already was and gain the jealousy of many people saying that it was unfair and called him a 'cheater!' and was even linked to the two newbies. They're actually on the mark. But the people dismissed both the ideas as the former, you can't cheat on Gaia. For the latter, they had different starting village. But some didn't let go of that suspicion on the latter.
On the real world, 5 days ago, the sisters informed him that the old mayor wanted to have a meeting with him. He frown at first but calmed down after hearing that it has nothing to do with the old mayor's son. The old man was even happy about it. The meeting was set 3 days from now.
His relationship with the sisters were also getting deeper. Shiela was starting to see him as a man and not some brat anymore.
As for Sherryl? Well, her feelings never changed. Her big sis might have forgotten him at some point, but she ain't and never will. Her childhood memories with him was unforgettable for her. And that will be a story for another time.
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12 Hours Later
*swoosh* -33,700
[You killed Treant(F) Lvl.10]
[You obtained 10,240 Exp....]
1,758,063,544/1,000
[Your 10x Exp Time has ran out!]
"Phew...finally!"
[Congratulations, Master!]
"Um!"
After a few of his grin, he's finally ready to go back to the village to start his challenge.
"Man, i'm gonna miss this place..."
'Alice, please upgrade me to level 10!'
[Understood, Master!]
-55,000 Exp., 1,758,013,544/20,000
[You leveled up to level 10!]
[Gained +900HP, +90MP, +225DMG, +90AP, +9SP and +2HAP]
"Hmmm...yah i forgot about this increase in stats per level! Since my class is an all rounder, instead of getting +50 on either Atk, RAtk or MAtk, i get +25 on each of them."
'There's also +10 attribute points per level, +1 skill proficiency per level hmmm...that's right, each spell/skill should have 25 levels to fill before ranking up. If you don't want to use SP, you can just use the spell/skill many times until it levels up. But for me, i just need to use Exp for upgrade. Now, i suddenly feel bad for others...'
[...]
"Yes, yes Alice! All thanks to you. So thanks!"
[You're welcome, Master!]
"Ah! There's also that +2 hidden attribute points every 10th level. Man, the devs are so stingy on giving points!"
[Master forgot that there are ways to get free attribute like potions, herbs, and quests that give permanent stats.]
"Yah, but still, you need some talented alchemist for the potions and luck on finding herbs and quests."
[...]
Reaching the village, he directly walks towards the village elder.
"Good day Elder, i've come to take the challenge!"
"Young man, it looks like you are qualified to take the challenge now. Best of luck!"
After talking with the village elder, a portal appeared beside him. Chris walked towards the portal and stepped inside.
[You entered the begginer's trial grounds.]
[There will be up to 9 Levels which will have three waves each except the last. Your final evaluation rewards will depend on your waves cleared.]
[Good Luck!]
The countdown begins and he prepared his bow.
[Master, you forgot to craft your ring!]
"Huh? Ah right!"
With the reminder of Alice, he began to combine his ring.
[Congratulations, you successfully crafted Almighty Ring(A)!]
[Almighty Ring(A)Max: +1,000 to all basic attributes. +25,000 HP/MP. Add skill Conversion.] (Hidden: Almighty Ring(A) + 1,000 Sapphires + 1,000 Spirit Stones = Almighty Ring(S).)
[Conversion: Converts HP to MP or MP to HP. Ratio: 1:1. No Cooldown. No Manacost.]
"S-so perverted?"
[Congratulations, you are the very first player to craft a legendary equipment! Would you like the show your name?]
"Heh! Yes!!!"
[DING!]
A loud sound rang all over Gaia...
[Congratulations to Player 'Despair' for being the first to craft a legendary equipment! He is rewarded with World Lottery Ticket(A), 10,000 Platinum Coins and 10,000 Fame. His achievement will be recorded in the annals of history!]
The world announcement flashed three times which silenced all players in-game wether they are dungeon diving, crafting, etc. They were just looking at the sky in a daze.