1 The Quiet Life

The small village was quiet, the gentle fall of mist like rain kept the streets clear, the animals roaming in the fields and the sound of the rain made for relaxing background noise.

The houses were sturdy if simple, surrounded by waist high walls, made of dark wood, the village shop was open but empty except for the man behind the counter trying not to fall asleep, next to the shop was the village cafe which unlike the shop had some activity as a lone traveler pushed the door open.

Inside the Cafe was surprisingly nice, hard wooden floors the newcomers boots made a 'clop' sound on, a few wooden tables and chairs, and a warm fire in the corner. The young man at the counter perked up at the sound of the door,

"Hello Sir what can i get you?"

The stranger walked up his white robe fluttering under the silver armor, "I heard this place serves the best food on 3 continents," he glanced at the menu, "ah, guess i'll have the steak,"

the young man nodded "Of course sir i'll get the Chef right on that" he hurried into the kitchen

"Ulric! we've got an order!"

Turning around Uric's face was shocked his hand rose to his White hair brushing it back

"really? on a day like this?"

Ulric was a large guy just under 6ft lean but with well defined muscle, grey eyes, and callused hands, he wore simple brown cloth clothes and thick leather boots, most would see him as intimidating but the people of the village new him as a sweet man who loved to cook.

the youth nodded "yeah, he looks like a traveler like you were,"

"ok then, i'll get right on that" Ulric said as he pulled a large juicy raw steak from the cooler.

The pan heated up on the stove for a few minutes, he grabbed some butter and fat from the cooler as well and tossed them into the pan, as they melted in moments he placed the steak on top a smile crossed his face as he heard the meat sizzling.

One very happy customer later, Ulric left the cafe and headed to the small room behind it, the room was empty except for a bed, sitting on it he lifted his arm and swiped down, a window opened before him with his stats on it:

Name: Ulric

Class: cook

Rank: Grandmaster

Level: 1

he glanced at the time it was 4:45 pm, and there was a notification:

"please be aware that the newest update will be installed on next logout" he sighed and hesitantly pressed the logout button.