As Quast and Jerry were walking down the road looking to find somewhere to test things out they spotted a playground not too far away from where they were and it seemed like no one was there, however Jerry didn't want to go there, it was too unsafe, Jerry wanted to go in the woods, it was basically guaranteed for them to not be seen in the woods, the woods were a huge mountain forest spanning 50 something square kilometers and the scenery was really beautiful, many tourist came there to hike, but this time some 16 year olds with the power to change everything and anything were going there to test out their powers, Jerry and Quast were in luck, because Jerry lived only 10 minutes away from these woods, if they were to get there on a bus that is.
"So uhhh, where are we going exactly?" asked Quast.
"To the mountains." pointed Jerry "We are going to get there by bus, it's only a 10 minute ride, I think, and I'll pay for the tickets."
"Oh, ok sure, I don't have any money with me anyways." answered Quast.
"Ok then, let's go to the bus stop and wait for the bus there." Jerry knew the mountains like the back of his hand, him and his parents went there whenever they found the time, and he had a map on his phone of the mountains too, nothing bad could happen.
After waiting for 15 minutes the bus came and they went in, Jerry bought 2 tickets for him and Quast, and they both sat down in the back of the bus, Quast was scrolling through memes on his phone and Jerry was looking out of the window, occasionally Quast would show a meme or two to Jerry, and they would both laugh at how unfunny and bad the memes were.
The bus was reaching the bus stop where they had to get out on, so they both stood up and went to the closest door and held themselves on the handrails, the bus doors opened and they both got off the bus.
"Where to now?" Quast asked "I'm not really that familiar with the mountains, I've only been here like two or three times, and it was years ago."
"Oh, follow me I have a spot." actually Jerry didn't have a spot, but the forest was so big that it didn't matter. And so they followed the main trail that was for hikers, but on the first split way they went off course, and after they walked for 7 minutes they ended up in a place that had a big open space in the middle surrounded by trees, and a river could be heard flowing nearby.
"Wow, you really did have a spot." surprised said Quast.
"No, no I didn't, this is just a random spot." laughed Jerry.
"I expected nothing less from you, master of deception." Quast started slowly clapping.
Jerry walked over and picked up a long straight stick, he was going to use it as his weapon, he already had something planned, he wanted to see what the enemies tab in Quast's interface was about.
"Ey, can you spawn the weakest "enemy" you have from your Enemies tab?" Jerry asked.
"Sure can chief, I'll also give you a quest to defeat it, but wait before I spawn it, what do you think the weakest one is?" Quast asked around for fun "It's pretty obvious to be honest."
"Hmmm, let me think, probably a slime or something." answered Jerry.
"Wow, exactly on point, that is indeed the weakest preset enemy in the system, it literally has no level, I don't think it can even defend itself, it's like a jellyfish that isn't poisonous." surprised answered Quast. "Didn't think you'd get it first try."
"Who do you think I am?" answered Jerry "And it was really obvious, anyways spawn it, and give me a quest to defeat it or whatever."
Quast nodded and infront of Jerry a quest window opened on it said :
[Quest : Defeat a Slime]
[Quest Difficulty : Very Easy][Rewards : 10 Experience and 5 Coins]
Jerry was surprised that this time Quast didn't need to say anything, but the quest still appeared, however he didn't let himself be distracted by this and gulped, before him was about to spawn something that didn't belong to this world.
"Ok, I'm spawning it now, just wanted to give you a heads up." said Quast.
Jerry nodded.
Suddenly before Jerry apperead a transparent creature with a weird object inside of it, the creature seemed to be fluid and solid at the same time, it was indeed a harmless slime, the suns light passed through the creature as Jerry gulped and strengthened his grip on the stick.
"Yeah, I don't even need to say anything, it should be really obvious how to defeat it." Quast talked.
Jerry looked in Quast's direction "Destroy the core, right?"
"Yeah, destroy that object inside of it, and it will be defeated." Quast gestured towards the slime.
"I'm sorry little slime!" Jerry shouted as he jumped and whacked the slime with his eyes closed, the stick went through and hit the core and after a few seconds the slime dissapeared into thin air.
The quest window dissapeared and another 10 Experience was added to Jerry's level making him need only 5 more Experience to reach Level 1, and the 5 coins were added to the shop, where they could be used at any time.
"Wow, nice job." congratulated Quast. "That was the first enemy that you have sent back to the system."
"Wait, what does "sent back to the system" mean?" Jerry looked at Quast.
"Oh well it means that it didn't really die but was sent back to the system and we can call it out again, right now, because you see, the things from the system never really die, they are just sent back to it, so don't really feel that guilty about defeating them." Quast reassured Jerry
"Oh wow, well that makes things easier, I guess, but what about the coins I got from the quest?" Jerry asked Quast.
"Oh, the coins were added to the shop, if I open the shop, look it says Coins : 5, right here!"
[Users][>Shop<][Enemies][Gear]
[Coins : 5][Sort Items by : Random]
[Mythril Sword : Price : 3000 Coins.]
[Healing Potion : Price : 100 Coins.]
[Athrel-String Bow : Price : 3000 Coins.]
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"There are names of things I've never heard before, and how many pages exactly are there, damn." said Jerry.
"A lot." answered Quast. "A little bit too much, I think, but oh well who knows when we will need it, anyways it seems like you are close to leveling up." remarked Quast.
"Huh, true." said Jerry as he opened and looked his interface.
[Name : Jerry Dankworth]
[Blood Type : O-][Negative Effects : None]
[Gear : None]
[Statistics : 10 Strength 11 Intelligence 7 Agility]
[8 Dexterity 9 Endurance 5 Luck]
[Attribute Points : 0]
[Level 0 : 20/25 Experience to Level 1]
[Skills : None]
"Wait, how did you know?" asked Jerry.
"It all says it in the Users tab, I can see everything that you see on your interface there, oh and also the system has a function where I can communicate with the Users, so watch this." Quast said and a little messaging window appeared infront of Jerry.
[Quast]
Quast: [Yo.]-Sent 11:46 AM
[Think of Message here...]
"Huh so we can really comminucate with eachother using the system." Jerry said. "Wait, isn't this really useless since we have phones?"
"No it isn't, this is actually faster and what happens if you don't have your phone with you."
"True." agreed Jerry "Ok but now I'd like to do another quest so I can level up, I want to see what happens after I level up."
"Yes, sir!" Quast said as he saluted. "Is another slime quest fine?"
"Sure is." answered Jerry.
And so he got another quest of the "Very Easy" difficuly to defeat the slime, and it had the same rewards as the previous one. Jerry shortened the distance between him and the slime quickly, but this time Jerry didn't close his eyes when he attacked the slime, he whacked it with the stick almost professionally, destroying the core in the process, and the slime went back to the system.
Jerry heard a little ding and little visible light particles appeared around him.
Level up! Level 1 Reached!
His interface now read :
[Name : Jerry Dankworth]
[Blood Type : O-][Negative Effects : None]
[Gear : None]
[Statistics : 10 Strength 11 Intelligence 7 Agility]
[8 Dexterity 9 Endurance 5 Luck]
[Attribute Points : 3]
[Level 1 : 5/50 Experience to Level 2]
[Skills : None]