"Congratulations on Earning a title, Monster Killer!"
Oh, a title. I already obtained it in the past and I expected it to appear. It is a normal title though, inferior to the titles, Death's Favorite and Memento Mori.
"Monster Killer"
Obtained by Killing 30 monsters or more in one hit.
+250 Attack power in any weapons against monsters
Description:
As you pave your way into the world full of monsters, you are considered as a monster killer. One more step to be a monster hunter!
I equipped the title now and I felt quite good. Leveling up that fast felt really awesome. Don't blame me, for two years, I stagnated from level 0. Now, I am tasting the leveling speed many dreamed of. However, I felt so tired. Ugh, looking at my character panel, I saw my mana is slowly recovering from 0.
The skill I used earlier is called Pyro Strike Inferno which needed a bit of chant and a full mana bar to spend to activate. It is quite a last resort skill as it will make the user weak for a a day. However, the effect is quite mind blowing. It can cause 10,000 damage to all surrounding units that are not on party or hostile entities on 10 meter radius. I huff for a bit, weakening is quite a serious debuff. It reduces your recovery speed 90% and you are easily afflicted in debuffs and can easily get damaged by enemies.
I groaned and look at the loot I got. I have no time to look at the loots and picked them all up before departing the place. This forest is easy to escape since most monsters do not provoke you unless you provoke them. In a few minutes of trekking, I managed to go out the forest while being tired. My mana bar is still 5% filled. Quite a low recovery but I didn't mind. I already reached level 52.
With a bit of strength left, I walked back to the inn. On the way, many players have been discussing about the sudden sprint of my level from 30 to the threshold of level 50.
"F*ck! What is this guy?! I already consumed the Exp potion in the starter pack to increase my Exp gain but still, I am quite short on him! He must be on steroids!" a Druid groaned as he hold his wolf beside him.
"Yeah, we thought that arriving in the holy capital will allow us to find the secret of Bladeheart. But, sh*t! The enemies here are quite strong that I can't imagine how he managed to level up that fast!" a Fighter also grumbled.
"I heard that he didn't play in a party and he was still guild less," The Holy Knight in their party chimed in.
"I heard his class is a Versatile. Do you know how strong a versatile is?" the druid asked.
"That is a trash class bro. One of my friends tried it but it was quite a troublesome. Besides the slow leveling speed, the skills to learn is quite confusing! All of the classes' skills are all learnable in the Versatile class!" the Holy Knight said.
"Huh? Isn't the skill thing really good? You feel like doing unspecialized like Ye Qiu? I bet that is really cool!" the fighter seemed thrilled.
"Buzz it man, you will get frustrated. Even my friend decided to restart," The holy knight said.
"Then how come Bladeheart can do it then?" the druid asked.
"Beats me," the holy knight groaned as he drinks up an ale.
I smirked under the mask. Of course, even though players likes to mimic others, if they found out that it is hard to achieve, they will quit it without question. The whole town was all talking in my achievement to be the first player to arrive the level 50 threshold.
I groaned as I felt my body getting heavier. Its quite troublesome. I arrived back into the inn and Lily noticed my situation.
"You overworked huh? Being an adventurer sure is hard life," Lily shook her head as she brew coffee.
"Well, it is our only job, what can we do? We also need to earn money you know?" I answered to her.
"Right, money, but earning it should not be in exchange of your own life. You should rest for a day. I suggest that to you so that you won't die out there. I might lose a loyal customer due to that," Lily said.
"Remember that I am immortal," I reminded her.
"Oh, right I forgot about that," she chuckled before serving me a coffee.
"Drink that, at least it will alleviate your fatigue," Lily said and returned to her work.
I inspected the coffee. I kept in drinking this in the past.
"Lily's Coffee"
Effect in consumption: Alleviates fatigue for 2 hours. Helps you calm down and restore your stamina for quite a bit.
Description: Lily's signature drink in her inn. Drink it as it will raise your own morale!
Coffee drinkers and non-coffee drinkers love to taste this magnificent drink.
Yep, quite simple but this coffee made me remember the hard times I experienced in my past timeline. This is the only drink that made me feel better whenever I was in the game. Whenever I feel depressed and crazy for countless of painful death, this coffee raises my own willpower.
I drunk the coffee and I can feel the best coffee I have drunk in my entire life here.
After the small thing in the counter, I returned into my room. I did not spot anyone else in the hallway except a few workers of the inn that are NPCs. Since I cannot do anything, I decided to log out. My mind is throbbing. Might be the effect of low mana. This is due to the 100% synchronization of myself and my avatar that whatever I feel in the game can be experienced by me in the flesh. Laying in the bed, I quickly log out my game and reawakened inside the cabin.
I shook my head as the throbbing pain in my head still lingered. Quite troublesome indeed. I circulated my air into my dantian and felt the mana in my body to circulate.
I decided to sleep in my bed after that. I have not slept on my bed for quite a while.
...
I woke up around 7 in the evening. My stomach is rumbling so I decided to go to the kitchen to cook. When I arrived on the kitchen, Riko is already cooking the dinner.
"..." I did not mutter much and just waited for her to finish her dish.
After a few minutes, she stopped and was about to get to the cabinet where the plates are placed when she got startled seeing me in the table.
"..."
"Ah, you scared me Manato," She calmed down seeing it was just me.
"..."
"Hey, you okay?" she slowly approached me.
"..."
She started clapping her palms in front of me.
"...Just serve me the food, I am starving," I said bluntly.
She blushed and immediately fetched a plate to get the food she cooked earlier. Me, on the other hand, is starving with the addition of the throbbing pain, I don't respond properly on her. My body is not yet accustomed to 100% synchronization yet. Quite a troublesome thing.
Riko served the food into the table. It was a stir fry.
"Its the only thing I can cook in your ingredients inside the refrigerator. I think, we need to resupply the food stock, what do you say? I will go shopping tomorrow," Riko explained while eating the stir fry.
"No need, I just have to buy tomorrow since I needed to pick something up," I answered as I gobbled up the food in my plate.
"Thanks for the food, anyways, your cooking was quite good, I appreciate that you cook," I gave a thumbs up on her before I returned into the room, leaving her again speechless.
...
I didn't bother checking online on news alert. My eyelids are getting heavier as time pass by. I decided to sleep this and continue tomorrow.
...
Sunshine enters my window and strikes my face. I groggily opened my eyes and got up from bed. Quite a trouble to be exact. After my daily meditation and practice in control of magic, I got outside and cook breakfast. Looks like she is asleep or playing the game right now so I decided to avoid disturbing her. After cooking the remaining eggs into sunny side up, I wore my hoodie shirt and used my bike to ride to the nearest bank.
Arriving there, I immediately go to ATM machine and withdraw 10,000 yen with me. I bought a few commodities and ingredients in the market before going back home. I still have over 7,000 yen left in my pocket. Looks like I don't need to go to the market for a few days.
After shopping food, I immediately go to the Reality Verse company. Those people who have a Reality Verse Cabin can get the attachment of the Reality Verse which is the Food and Nutrients Add-on. This add on gives players a chance to stay in the cabin despite not eating anything for quite a while. However, you still needed to have it resupplied every month. Resupply is quite expensive but players get to use a 1 month budget of the supply installed in the Virtual Cabin to use for a month for free. This is what I am fetching today. As long as it is free stuff and there is no need for me to fork out money, I am in.
When I arrived on the Reality Verse Company, many people are lining from the outside to fetch it. Of course, it was announced in the news so many people already start grabbing their chance to get the add-on and also gain the free supply at the same time.. The line proceeded smoothly and within an hour of wait, I managed to get a small box with some trinket and a button to push on and some liquid supplements. It is the supply that I am talking about. The small box is needed to be attached in the cabin to use the liquid supplement in its full potential though it won't function unless the Reality Verse Cabin is in its vicinity. After grabbing the free stuff, I no longer linger in the area and started to bike again back home.
Arriving in the house, I saw that the food that I have left in the table are already consumed. Perhaps, Riko already has eaten. I can sense that she is already back in the cabin. I guess she is trying to level up in the game. I placed all of the groceries into the refrigerator and after everything is arranged, I cleaned the house for a bit to clean off the dust before I returned to my room.
Carrying the small box in my hand, I push the button and it opened revealing a few trinkets of attachments to be attached on the cabin inside. I am quite familiar with this and installing it is not a hard task. After a minute or so, the device was attached successfully and I put the supplement on it tube. Once I enter in the game, it is possible for me to avoid going out without eating and sleeping.
However, if I do that kind of thing, Riko might notice my odd behavior. I guess going out from time to time is needed still or else my cover is blown.
Its already 5 in the afternoon. Time flies past fast enough for me to not notice. Since it is almost getting late, I decided to create dinner. I prepared some simple food with wieners, vegetable, and egg rolls in the selection. I also created a few rice balls with flavorings inside. I left the food in the table for Riko to eat later. I grab some chow, eat a bit and after that, I returned to my room and stretch my body. Its time for me to begin my plan on Harmless sparrow's guild on connection. Its time to grab some money.