The first thing I did was look at my character window.
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PLAYER
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Name: Micajah
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Race: Shapeshifter
Class: Assassin
Titles: -
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HP: 320/320
MP: 175/175
EP: 0/0
Level: 1
Affiliation to element: -
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Stats:
Strength: 2 Speed: 4 Intelligence: 2
Agility: 4 Stamina: 4 Luck: 6
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Skills:
- Animal shapeshift (Panther) (1/1) -) R-Rank
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Skill Points: 0
Stats Points: 0
Health Points: 0
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After looking through my window, I was surprised. Most of the stats were at a higher level than I expected. It's not that I'm cheating, but the instructions mentioned that only a few people out of millions start with better stats and that they are chosen randomly. That's why I was surprised. Anyway, it's not bad. Next, I decided to find out what I look like next.
When I looked around, I found out that I was in a small town. People walked past me and ignored me at all. I walked to the nearest building I saw and looked in the window to see my appearance.
When I first saw my appearance, I couldn't help but be surprised. I did not expect that when I choose option g), I will look this... unusual. My eyes were light purple, something not possible in the normal world without contact lenses and my hair was dark purple with light blue and light red-pink highlights. I sighed. This was too recognizable. But now nothing could be done about it, maybe in the future I will find something with which I will at least be able to dye my hair. My face at least look almost same, the exception was that I looked more European.
When I stopped feeling sorry for myself, I decided to go find the information board and set out to find this town guilt.
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"Hello, what can I do for you?" a woman in her forties behind the counter asked me. I was standing in the building where the local guild was located. It took me a while to find it, but it was enough to ask a few people and I had no more problems. So I smiled at the woman and replied: "I would like to know if there are any possible missions for beginners."
"Hmm, give me a moment, I have to look at the papers" answered the woman and started rummaging among the papers she had next to her. I patiently waited to see if she would dig up a mission and prayed that she would. This game has been running for some time now, so I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a mission for beginners.
"Oh, we just recently received a request to take care of the E-Rank dungeon in the next town, would you be interested?" Before I could answer her, she continued, "of course we would provide you with at least two other hunters." I thought about it. The E-Rank dungeon was only slightly harder than the F-Rank but still. There was a D-Rank boss monster. I had no skills and no weapon. I would have to take care of that before accepting this mission. But I didn't know when I would be able to get such a chance again, so I agreed.
"Hm, I agree, could you give me more precise information about the mission and my companions?" I asked her politely and a big smile appeared on the woman's face.
"Of course but you can't go on a mission until tomorrow, your companions have only recently returned from their mission and they need to pack their things and rest." I nodded and the woman handed me papers with information. I thanked her and left the building.
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Since I still didn't have any coins with which I could pay for the accommodation for the night, I decided to sleep right next to the city in the meadow.
The night was warm and the forest with dangerous animals was far away. I still had a few more hours until it become dark, so I decided to think about how to get a weapon and at least one skill. In my current situation, there was only one option left for me to acquire a skill. And that was to make one. As an assassin, I had an overview of what skills would be useful to me and what I would like to focus on. One of the main and most important features of an assassin is that they are unobservable and the opponent dies before he can understand what is happening. That's why I thought of inventing a skill that has something to do with shadows.
"Hmm, let's look at it" I whispered to myself and opened a new window that was visible next to Skills in my window. A keyboard appeared in front of me and I started typing my idea.
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'Bong!'
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The message appeared in front of me.
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'Your skill request has been sent to the system.'
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'Your request has been processed and approved by the system.'
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'Your skill has been registered in the system.'
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'You created a skill for yourself'
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'You got 50 EP.'
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'Please name your skill.'
'__________________'
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I just stared blankly at the news that appeared before my eyes. I honestly did not expect system to approve my skill. When I studied the instructions, it was mentioned that making your own skill is very difficult and that's why many people don't even try. But I didn't complain.
After thinking for a while, I named my new skill Shadow walk.
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'Please name your skill.'
'_Shadow_steps_'
'Name of your skill has been registered in system'
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'You obtain new skill named Shadow steps'
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After receiving the message that I received a new skill, I clicked on it and looked at the description.
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PLAYER
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Name: Micajah
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Race: Shapeshifter
Class: Assassin
Titles: -
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HP: 320/320
MP: 175/175
EP: 50/50
Level: 1
Affiliation to element: -
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Stats:
Strength: 2 Speed: 4 Intelligence: 2
Agility: 4 Stamina: 4 Luck: 6
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Skills:
- Animal shapeshift (Panther) (1/1) -) R-Rank
- Shadow steps (1/3) -) C-Rank
-) this skill allows the user to move in the shadows. His movements are three times faster than his opponent and he makes no sound. His visibility will be reduced by 65%. Skill is most suitable for Assassin and Rogue classes.
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Skill Points: 0
Stats Points: 0
Health Points: 0
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"Wow, C-Rank already?" I said out loud in surprise. If I remembered correctly, C-Rank skills are mostly used with weapons. Anyway, I was satisfied. It's not an attacking skill, but it gives me a big advantage over my opponents. It will be very useful for me in the E-Rank dungeon, especially when I don't have a weapon yet. I thought about asking my companions if they had at least one knife or dagger, but then I dismissed the idea. I learned myself that it is best to rely only on yourself. And speaking of my companions, it would be good if I read the information the woman gave me.
I opened the folder she gave me and spread the papers in front of me. Then I looked at their information and couldn't help but raise a curious eyebrow.
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Name: Abraham
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Class: Warrior
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Number of Cleared Dungeon: 3 (2x F-Rank, 1x E-Rank)
Hunter: F-Rank
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Name: Isaiah
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Class: Tank
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Number of Cleared Dungeon: 2 (F-Rank, E-Rank)
Hunter: F-Rank
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Name: Nate
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Race: Shapeshifter
Class: Mage
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Number of Cleared Dungeon: 4 (2x F-Rank, 2x E-Rank)
Hunter: E-Rank
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"Ho? Shapeshifter and Mage? 'Nate' had to change his race to be a Mage as a Shapeshifter" I said out loud. It's a shame I didn't have more information about him. But maybe I will learn more about him when we are together in a group.
Then I put the papers back in the folder and thought about what my companions would be like. I also reminded myself before I went to sleep that I have to get a weapon tomorrow. And look at my first mission information.