"Are you willing to take on the mission of saving our dying race from extinction, young assassin?" asked the Great Elven Sage. His eyes were closed and voice trembling from exhaustion.
In the lore, the Elven race was invaded and forced out of their homes by Demons. Only the strongest elven warriors were left behind to protect the Holy Tree, Yggdrasil. Unfortunately, the fight ended with the defeat of the elves. The survivors of the race were chased across the world and forced into hiding. The Holy Tree, Yggdrasil had given it's seed to the elves for protection as it died using it's last strength to deter the Demons.
The Great Elven Sage was one of the survivors of the invasion. He escaped to the Beginner Village, but was injured in the midst of his journey. He expended his remaining life force to stay alive for a bit longer to look for a successor. Sato was the one he found.
"Yes I agree." Sato answered seriously.
"Good. I will now transfer you my remaining energy, do not reject it." As the wisps of energy streamed out of his body, he became more and more translucent. Eventually, he was gone.
"May the Elven race and Yggdrasil rise to fruition one day!" These were his last words as he perished from the world.
Sato stood still as he let the energy course through his body. It pulsed and wriggled through his blood streamed. His body felt ticklish as it morphed and transformed.
"Ding.. Job class transformation detected. Congratulations, you are now an Elven Assassin." The in-game notification rang.
Sato opened his eyes and looked at his surroundings. He was back in the normal world again, just that this time, there was no traces of The Great Old Sage anymore. There was only a small sapling that sat on the ground. Sato walked forward and picked it up.
"You have discovered the Yggdrasil Seed. Make sure that it does not get into the wrong hands of the Demons. " The notification sounded. That discovery shocked Sato as he knew that he was now part of the main quest. Currently, in the ROL world, the main quest has reached the stage where the humans have invaded into the Demon Spawn Nest. They were on the outskirts of the lair.
"New Main Quest 'Heir Of The Elven Race' Discovered. "
*Heir Of The Elven Race
*Difficulty Rating: A
*You are tasked with the mission of searching and rescuing the Elven Princess from the Demon Warriors. Afterwards, escort her to the Elven Resistance Army. Make sure that she is not harmed in any way. Level of injury will affect Final completion percentage.
*Time Limit: 1 week (Real Time)
*Failure to complete quest would result in player to lose Job Class and -5 levels.
When Sato received this quest, his eyes widen. I have triggered a main quest route? Not only that, the penalty of not completing the quest is that serious? Sato took a deep breath before consolidating all the information he had.
Firstly, he had the location of the Elven Princess. She was currently in the Beginner Village as a bakery girl. Secondly, the Demon Warriors problem. The Demon warriors that he know of were all at least Lv40. If the Lv1 him were to fight them now, he would lose the princess for sure. Thirdly, how would he bring the Elven Princess out of the Beginner Village. There are no items available that lets you bring an NPC out with you.
Regardless of that, Sato decided to take it one step at a time. He first took a look at his stats.
*Name : Dawnlore
*Lv1 : 0 / 50
*Race : Elf
*Job Class : Elven Assassin
*Strength : 10 (+30)
*Agility : 15 (+80)
*Intelligence : 10 (+0)
*Stamina : 10 (+40)
*Health : 500 / 500
*Mana : 100 / 100
*Active Skills:
Dagger Throw - Throws a dagger out at the enemy (deals 100% physical damage). Has a 20% chance of critical strike. (Cooldown: 15 seconds)
Advanced Stealth - Goes invisble, where enemies cannot see or detect you beyond a 5 metre radius. Last for 5 minutes, unless broken earlier. (Cooldown: 2 minutes)
Blink - Dashes 5 metres forward in an instant. Gain 1 second of immunity to damage. (Cooldown: 10 seconds)
Assassinate - Instantly kills enemies that is infront of you. Must be under 20% of maxinum health (Cooldown: NA)
*Passive Skills:
Night Hunter - Visibility on your character decreases by 50% in the dark (authors note: eg. If you use stealth on the enemy at night, you are able to reach within a 2.5m distance before being detected instead of the normal 5m.)
Breath Of The Wild - You have 'Perfect' affinity with wild animals/beasts. They will no longer see you as an enemy. Killing any animals/beasts will give you no experience.
Tamer Skill (Beginner) - You are now able to tame beasts and make them into your combat pet. (Only 1 pet is allowed)
Wind Runner - On open field terrains, gain 50% extra Agility.
Bounty Hunter - Whenever you kill another human (especially coloured names), you gain experience points. (the higher the level gap or depending on the intensity of the colour of their name, the greater the multiplier in exp) You also will not gain a 'coloured' name when killing people.
Sato looked at his stats and his jaw dropped. Why was his character so strong? There too many buffs (a type of boost for abilities) to even count?
1, his basic stats (strength, agility and stamina) had '+' stat points. Normally, you get these '+10' points for certain stats when you undergo a job advancement at Lv30 (e.g. Warrior advance into Paladin). However, Sato attained it from his job change and to add on, he had gained several times more '+' points than normal.
2, his Active Skills had evolved and become stronger. His 'Basic Stealth' became 'Advanced Stealth' , 'Dagger Throw' had gain a critical chance, 'Blink' has immunity to damage now, 'Assasinate' has no cooldown too. He was basically a born killer now.
3, he now has several Passive Skills. The original 'Night Hunter' has changed from 20% to 50% visibility. Sato obtained 'Breath Of The Wild' and 'Tamer skill' which changes his whole dynamics in moving around terrain. Now, he would no longer draw attention from beasts. In addition, he can even recruit a pet to help him in fights. Unfortunately, any missions to do with killing beasts could not be completed anymore as it won't be efficient in gaining experience points. However, the new found passive 'Bounty Hunter' changes his whole dynamic in leveling. Since he is an elf now, he is no longer a part of the human race and is no longer bound by the coloured names. (Author's note: When human slay each other pointlessly, the person will gain a colour for their name. The intensity ranges from lowest orange, red, purple and highest black. Overtime, the colour intensity will decrease back to normal, with black taking the longest to change back)
So how do I look like right now? Curious, Sato went to the nearby lake to look at his reflection. Peeking at the water, he was shocked by his discovery.