Josh stood out, his pointed ears, blonde hair and clear blue eyes made him stand out amongst most humans. Josh thought that others would be surprised to see somebody like him, rather than awe some npc looked at Josh like a product as a "product" and some players took pictures of Josh. Josh bought a map of the city close to the entrance of the city.
[Your map will be displayed in your HUD. Travelling into a landmark would automatically highlight it in the map]
Josh could see the difference of a npc and player with name tags. Josh never saw name tags above people so he naturally thought they were players. Josh bluntly asked to a player, "Where are the beginner hunting grounds?"
Josh's tone would make people unhappy in irl however the player thought that Josh was an player who was role playing, "It's at the west forest. It's mostly just monsters that need one skill to beat"
"Thanks" Josh tried to smile and thanked the player. He knew that his superiority complex meant nothing in a game that followed the principle of everyone leveling up.
As he got closer to the forest he saw a higher amount of players than in the area he entered the city through. Josh saw a wooden warning sign and read the things in it.
-Beware of Monsters-
-Beware of Goblins-
-Beware of Acid slimes-
-Beware of Wolves-
-Beware of Moving Trees-
'What are the average level of players right now? Nah forget it, I just have to be stronger than them'
[Would you like to mark this area of the mark as..."Noobie weakling's gym"?]
"Yes", he entered the forest and started looking around, he saw that compared to the elven forest this area has less trees and that the trees are more spaced out. He thought of this being a perfect area for 'getting stronger'. He looked for the loudest area in the forest and saw a hole where the trees were clumped up making anyone unaware of where they came from.
He didn't want to risk anything so he tried to use his magic to forcefully get anything inside the hole to get out. Surprisingly he didn't see anything go outside the hole, he heard the growling of goblins so he went to this area to check. He waited for his Mana to be full and evaporated the water down the hole, it took all of his Mana so he waited again. Josh dropped down the hole to see tunnels going from every direction, even if Josh had enough Mana to fill the hole up, the tunnels were aiming up. It was likely that goblins lived here as almost nothing can get through here with the hole being covered by thick bushes and trees.