"I will not ask again!" The blade was pushed closer to Luke's throat and he stayed still trying to not make any sudden movements.
"My name is Luke, I have been lost for days and was walking downstream hoping to find some settlement, when I heard your cheers I came closer looking for help."
Luke answered honestly, he had a chance to explain himself and he did not want to waste it.
"Do you have any weapons?"
"No, I was just carrying a stick."
The man with the sword gestured and another man got close to Luke and searched him and nodded to the sword guy. All of them relaxed.
They gave him some water and told him that he could travel back with them to their village. Luke gratefully accepted their offer. They felt sorry for the young weak looking boy , he had been alone in the woods without a weapon.
They departed, Luke offered to help them carry the tiger, he did not want to be a burden and preferred them having a good impression of him. The sword guy was named Rigg, he was muscular and seemed to be the leader of the group Luke talked to, complementing his physique which made Rigg really happy. He was really proud of his body and he had trained hard over years to achieve it.
They were only a few hours away from the village and Luke was happy with the development the group of people he encountered had treated him well. As soon as he saw the village the light in the corner of his eye pulsed. he had learnt to control the system and it remained in a corner that did not distract him he was simply walking so he decided to check the notification
[
Quest: Find A Village Cleared
Rewarded: Skill Point x5 , Level Up x1
Leveled Up x1
Stat Point x10 added
Skill Point x10 added
Inventory Slot x2 added
Store Unlocked
]
[
Quest: Befriend the Village Chief
Reward: E Grade Weapon Coupon x1, E Grade Skill Coupon x1, Level Up x1
]
[
Quest: Befriend the Village Chief Cleared
Rewarded: E Grade Weapon Coupon x1, E Grade Skill Coupon x1, Level Up x1
Leveled Up x1
Stat Point x10 added
Skill Point x10 added
Inventory Slot x2 added
]
He wanted to jump but he did not want to seem like a crazy person, the second quest completed! Rigg was probably the chief, he felt relieved after the last task, he had gotten worried about the possibility of the next quest being harder, controlling his impulses he checked the system.
[
Luke Dec (Human) | Level 3 (0.0%) | Planet Nihar
Health: 100 | Mana: 0
Stats: Str: 5 | Agi: 11 | Vit: 10 | Dex: 2 | Mp: 0 | Unassigned: 20
Skill points: 25
Skills: None
Titles: None
Inventory(2/14) | Quests(0) | Store(Level 1)
]
-'10 stat points per level up is nice, I'm too weak right now. I should get all my basic stats upto respectable levels before I decide what to focus on further and I need to check the store too!'
They entered the village and Rigg assigned him a guest hut, he asked Luke to rest before the evening feast. Luke was excited and could use some alone time to check his store and use his quest rewards.
He entered the guest hut, it was cosy. a small mattress in a corner and a pot of water was all it had. Luke was simply happy not having to sleep in the woods and lay down on the mattress opening the store he had unlocked.
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Store (level 1)
Weapons | Skills | Crafting
]
-'I have a weapon and skill coupon i should get one each'
The weapons in the level 1 store were mostly E grade with a few D grade options he did not spot a gun like weapons. the Skills in the store were some E grade spells like healing and night vision and some E grade skills like sword art and dagger art.
He had to spend Skill points for skills and money for weapons, the crafting section seemed to have some recipes for basic stuff like health potions, for those he needed to collect materials listed.
After some thought he got the most expensive E grade weapon with the coupon which was a dagger. it had an ability to recover over time so he would not have to get it repaired. The dagger arts were only 1 Skill point so he bought that with points instead of the coupon. after scrolling through he decided to get a healing skill which seemed to be most expensive spell in E grade with the coupon, He wanted to buy a long range skill and he opted for magic arrow for 5 Skill points and finally he bought the only defensive spell that was available in the store that was a magic shield for another 5 Skill points
Knowledge of the skills filled his head.
-'Seems like I need high agility and dexterity for dagger arts, I need Mp for the Spells.'
After acquiring the skills he was clearer on his stat distribution.
[
Luke Dec (Human) | Level 3 (0.0%) | Planet Nihar
Health: 100 | Mana: 100
Stats: Str: 6 | Agi: 12 | Vit: 10 | Dex: 10 | Mp: 10 | Unassigned: 0
Skill points: 14
Skills: Dagger arts, Heal, Magic arrow, Magic shield
Titles: None
Inventory(1/14) | Quests(0) | Store(Level 1)
]
Happy with his shopping spree he let himself some rest and went off to sleep.