Leveling

The way skills in 'Rainbow Dragon' worked , was you needed to either train in the skill manually yourself and learn to execute a skill, or upon slaying monsters or clearing dungeons you may get skill scrolls

learning a skill from a scroll it would disintegrate and would instantly learn the skill.

Dalton even at level 1 knew two skills he used extensively in his previous life

Sword skills

Thrust, slash and parry

Dalton passed a swarm of players on his way to finding a wolf den

Wolves were a level 3 monster, generally, no one at level 1 should engage with even one wolf much less a horde of 12 wolves, Dalton was skilled enough to pull it off as he was a skilled gamer and from his last life playing the game.

He scouted his surroundings and hid behind a rock before throwing a small pebble in a bush near him

It alerted a wolf who came to check it out just as he peeked behind the bush

SLASH

-150 HP

The wolf died instantly.

But now fifteen wolves were charging in on him

Dalton ran around obstacles to slow down

the wolves as he damaged them one at a time

-30,-30,-45,-100

It took him thirty minutes with his stamina fully depleted that he finally slayed all fifteen wolves

Killed fifteen wolves

+600% level suppression bonus

+60% herd bonus

+6000 exp

Level up x6

"hahaha" , Dalton laughed madly one single escapade gained him 5 levels

and now had 60 unassigned stat points

Actually, the distribution of points for the knights class was easiest. It was standard distribution a knight could learn magic and combat and also wield any weapon. They were the jack of all trades with all stats being balanced.

Hence he evenly assigned all points

"system open stat panel"

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Player Name : Freveodys

Title: none

Class: Knight

Subclass: none

LVL:7

Tier : 0

STATS

AGI: 25 VIT: 25

INT: 25 STA: 25

PHY: 25HP: 600/600

Status: Healthy

Equipment: common stone sword

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He then went around to collect the loot

Ding : Player Earned 40 wolf pelts, 89 bronze coins, one epic sword, one epic boots

[Leather boots] (Bronze): beginners boots, gives very little protection to the feet, will wear out easily,

+8% agility

'Not bad for level 7, thought Dolton and equipped the boots'. The loot was decent, especially the 89 bronze coins ..... at this stage of the game the coins had immense value.

A commoner NPC would earn about 30-50 silvers a year, that was the average wage, hence the value of the 89 bronze coins was someone's effort of a month.

This world followed a system where

1000 bronze coins = 1 silver coin

10000 silver coins = 1 gold coin

100000 gold coins = 1 platinum coin

While most players were stuck at level 2 or 3 , Dalton was aldready level 7, he was now ready for the quest that would be given in westhall.

He went back to the village and went straight to the desolate hut at the edge of the village. That hut was visited by many adventurers because its position was very peculiar, it stood out a lot. But no one could get a quest because you needed to be level 5 first.

Dalton was still very impressed by these people's gamer instinct to go to that house. On his way there he was advised by a bunch of players

"Nothing there mate, no quests"

He smiled at them but still went ahead

" Hmm, another arrogant prick who thinks that old man in the hut will give a quest, well we warned him"

As he entered the hut, he saw an old man looking at the wall, it was a painting of Westhall,it was a very happy sight.

He turned to look at the adventurer and sighed

" You look, troubled sir, may I help you with something?" Dalton asked.

" You are an exceptional adventurer, I see gaining strength so fast. Perhaps you indeed have the capability to help me, come sit ill narrate you a story".

Dalton was pleased, the quest would now happen, he took his seat

" Westhall was once a very prosperous farming village, with a beautiful lake in the village vicinity... 50 years ago the lake water turned black and made this area unable to do farming..... I have been the village chief for the last 60 years and am nearing my death, help me solve the mystery of the Westhall Lake"

[Westhall quest] ( S ): help the chief solve the mystery of the Westhall lake

Rewards:?????

Failure penalty: - 600 reputation within Dragon kingdom,-6 level

Completion time: no set time

This was a terrifyingly difficult quest, at this stage of the game S ranked quests were not possible for players to clear, and the penalty was extremely heavy

a negative reputation means you will not be welcome in any state-owned facilities.

Dalton took in a deep breath and accepted the quest

This is because in his previous life, a gamer named Crimson Demon took this quest and it took him 4 months to clear it. But upon clearing, he was given the title of ' savior of Westhall' and the title of a 'baron' in the kingdom.

These rewards were extremely important for Dalton hence he undertook this quest. Also, he already knew the method of clearing, hence he would clear it much faster, and that's why he dared to accept.

He headed out to the wild as the secret of the Westhall lake was related to a hidden dungeon in the nearby forests. It was a rare hidden dungeon that would only activate when one found the hidden passage in a desolate cave in the forest

There was a necromancer in the cave practicing dark magic and the waste of his experiments was drained into the underground drainage system which connected the Westhall lake, turning the entire lake black.

He needed to slay the necromancer and expose his hideout to the village chief to complete the mission

Easy right?

No, the necromancer was a level 15 entity and the number of skeleton guards was unknown, The previous guy completed the mission at level 20 hence for Dalton to clear it was going to be a big challenge.