The two burly men ran towards Jo Shin and Dojin while swinging their axes in anger. One of them slashed at Dojin and the latter blocked with his sword, only to see the sword bend into an unnatural v shape.
He looked at the muscular man in front of him who stood there grinning evilly as he raised his axe high above his head ready to strike Dojin.
Dojin moved forward instinctively and tackled the man inn front of him with all his might. The axe fell onto the ground as the muscular man was winded by the force, his face was scrunched up as he pulled back his fist and launched it at Dojin.
The fist hit Dojin straight on his nose and he felt his balance slip and he lost his footing. Luckily his instincts were sharp as he rolled to the side when he saw the man jumping on top of him and punched him right after dodging him , taking the precious chance to turn the tides of the battle.
Punches continuously rained down on the Bulky man as he tried to cover his face in vain as most of the punches still landed as Dojin kept punching as if his life depended on it, ignoring the pain from his knuckles and fingers.
It didn't take long for the Muscular man's body to go limp but Dojin still continued punching as if possessed, only stopping when Jo Shin pulled him back from the body.
Dojin looked at Jo Shin who now had a long cut on his torso which was luckily too shallow to pose a danger for the time being.
Both of them sat down under a tree , panting. It wasn't physical exhaustion as they felt mentally drained and everything felt real. No VR game could do something like this , inflicting pain on the exact places where they were hurt and there was no pain nullification option.
They silently looked at their screens as they took deep breaths.
Sub-Quest 1: Kill the people who attacked your tribe. [COMPLETED]
Sub-Quest 2: Take the children and women with you and re-establish the tribe Completion rate : 0%
[You have now completely unlocked the system. You can view your stats in the [stats] tab and important missions in the [Quest] tab. Your current identities will now be permanent. Hope you live a happy life.]
Reading the new message that popped out , they sighed in relief and opened up their status tab.
[
Name: Mutu
Age: 27
Title: Warrior of the tribe, Womanizer, Berserker
Job: Tribal warrior -> Chief of the tribe
Stats
Strength: 1.8
Agility: 0.8
Stamina: 2
Vitality: 1.9
Senses: 1
Skills:
Berserker: Increases defence and attack while reducing senses
Perfect body: You have a body that both women and men drool over.
Commander: Your charisma makes people instinctively listen to you.
Tribal style : The way you fight strikes fear in your opponents hearts.
]
[
Name: Kutu
Age: 24
Title: Warrior of the tribe, Hunter
Job: Tribe's Hunter
Stats
Strength: 1.2
Agility: 0.9
Stamina: 1.8
Vitality: 1.8
Senses: 1.6
Skills:
Hunter's Patience : You have extreme patience while hunting your prey.
Tribal Archery: Archery in short and midrange. You have the ability to shoot moving enemies below a specific speed threshold.
Keen eye : You can see further than a normal human, distinguish colours better and adjust to the darkness faster.
]
They soon stood up as they still had one more sub-quest to complete.
"Let's go."
***
Lucio looked down to see a woman's face right in front of him , unblinking red eyes staring at him while dry tears stuck to her face. The only thing that was out of normal in Lucio's eyes was that the face was not attached to a body.
A pair of hands and legs were thrown in random directions while the torso was leaning against a trunk. Lucio sighed when he saw this "Trouble right after I spawn…." He shook his head as he opened the system.
[
Name: Samael
Age: 14
Title: The exiled , Son of a prostitute, Street Dog
Job: None
System Quest: Second life- You have taken over the body of a teenager. Complete his final dying wish to keep the body.
Sub-Quest 1: Get revenge on the people who forced themselves on your mother and dismembered her. Your mom always said "Return kindness two-fold and revenge ten-fold" Completion rate [0%]
Sub-Quest 2: Enter the empire of Axyte or seek shelter in one of the surrounding villages. [Time limit: 6 days]
Sub-Quest 3: Bury your dead mother's body before the sun sets. [Time limit: 5 hours]
Warning: Failure of completing at least 1 sub-quest will result in the termination of your account.
]
"Hmm… people don't change do they?" Lucio muttered as he stood up and looked around. There was a river flowing nearby as he could hear the sound of water flowing. He was in a spacious forest with tall trees that were very wide and had a lot of branches and leaves with no fruits growing on them.
He didn't inspect them much and walked towards the sound of the river which was merely a hundred metres from where he stood. He used the water to get the soil loose and started digging with the help of the stone.
It took him approximately three hours and forty minutes to dig a three metre deep pit. He went back and brought his dismembered "Mom" and placed her in the pit and closed it with the soil. Just 4 hours of work had made him extremely tired.
He looked over at the sun which would set in approximately 2 hours and went over to gather a few sticks and large leaves to build himself a small shelter to sleep for the night.
He brought back some branches which were relatively straight compared to the others and inclined the longest one to the tree, one end touching the tree trunk and the bottom end touching the ground.
Placing a heavy rock at the bottom of the branch to prevent it from falling down, he placed a few more branches on the sides of the longest branch. He then tied the top parts of the branches with some vines and placed stoned at the ends that touched the ground.
Finally, he covered it all up in leaves. Since there was still time for the sun to set, he brought a lot more leaves for bedding as he didn't know how the weather would be at night.
The sky soon turned dark after Lucio entered his small shelter. He could only pray that an animal didn't walk in that particular area for the night as he lay down on the pile of leaves.
He finally opened his system to look at his stats.
[
Name: Samael
Age: 14
Title: The exiled , Son of a prostitute, Street Dog
Job: None
Stats
Strength: 0.6
Agility: 0.8
Stamina: 1.2
Vitality: 1.1
Senses: 2.3
Magic: 0.3
Skills:
Magically gifted: Born with the ability to sense the mystic particles around one's self.
Tenacity: You feel less pain and take less damage from any kind of physical harm.
]
Lucio was calm as he read through the stuff but lost his composure when he saw the term "Magic" on the screen. "There were people who said that some of them had special stats and maybe this magic is one of them too….hmm There is no indication of how to use it so it's probably useless right now."
Lucio wanted to try things out but this wasn't a game so he had to consider all the pro's and con's before trying out magic. The con's outweighed his excitement, so all he did was try to fall asleep.
***
The sun rose as Lucio exited his temporary shelter. He had woken up before four hours but was afraid to come out in the dark, so he waited quietly inside.
His stomach had been grumbling for a long time so he drank some wate from the river to calm down his stomach. Lucio could see fishes pass by him every once in a while.
He wanted to catch one but he knew that catching a fish wasn't too easy, so he simply walked back in the direction of his shelter and continued walking as he passed by his mini tent made of sticks and leaves.
He soon found a lot of brown mushrooms growing at the foot of giant trees and some even grew on the trunks. He picked up many mushrooms that had the structure of an open umbrella and ignored the ones which looked like heavy balls balancing on a thick log.
He took them all back and placed them in his tent. He then went back to forage for food as he did not want to waste his precious energy in starting a fire. He gathered up a lot of blue and red berries and ate them as he searched for more.
He then brought back a lot of dry logs, branches and twigs to start a fire.
"Maybe I should try out magic since I now have some energy to spare…"