Josh quickly snapped out of his daze as he wasn't there for sightseeing, but to make money. He looked down on himself to see he was putting on a brown short with large pockets by the sides, and a white tank top. On his feet were fitted brown sandals, and hanging horizontally behind his waist was a sheathed dagger.
"Okay.... Inhales.... Exhales... Let's do this!"
Josh muttered to himself in determination, and scanned the area for individuals likely to NPCs.
He spotted a puppet show performing in a makeshift stage, before an empty audience. So he quickly ran up and sat at the front row, and began laughing amusingly every five minutes.
The show wasn't funny in any way, it was as bland as hell.
But there were certain cases where hidden quests were gotten from encounters such as this, so Josh had to endure till the very end, even after getting tipped by some jobless players that the old man behind the stage gave no quest.
/Clap! Clap! Clap!/
After the show ended with a horrible speech, Josh began applauding and cheering the gray haired old man who had a 'Puppeteer' name tag above his head, which was probably his alias.
"I must commend that your show was pretty horrible! But I believe it was worth wasting my time for"
Josh walked up to the old man and commented, which startled him.
"Y-you are an outer being, right?"
The old man asked in surprise.
"I sure am"
Josh replied with a grin.
"Well, you're the first of your kind to outright condemn my show without trying to know if I would give you a quest. Why's that?"
"I already got tipped off that you gave no quest"
Josh replied honestly.
"Then why did you watch my show till the end?"
The old man asked curiously.
"To tell you it was horrible! You should go find yourself a better job. I understand that this may be what you love doing the most, but since it's not fruitful, you should go make your life useful elsewhere. It's nice meeting Mr. Puppeteer"
Josh said and walked off.
This was the method he formulated himself to get a hidden quest.
'Any minute from now... Any minute from now...'
Josh kept assuring himself as he walked away, but he still got no quest prompt.
He turned around with a frown only to discover that the old man had packed up, and was already walking away in a distance.
"Damn you old man!"
Josh voiced out in disappointment, and began strolling around in search for a quest.
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After a long day of helping an old lady with her chores, and watching over a sick merchant's stall, Josh was fed up with the game. He was just about to logout while cussing incoherently, when he heard a muffled scream from a deserted alleyway.
He cautiously tiptoed into the alleyway, till the very end where a bloodied man who had chunks of his body parts missing, and was weakly calling out for help. It was surprising to Josh how the Man was still alive with an empty stomach, as it's contents were missing.
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[Quest: Help Richardson Davis.]
Time limit: 5 minute.
Reward: Davis gratitude, 1 gold coin, +1 level.
Punishment: Nil.
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Josh was shocked at seeing the gold coin reward, and quickly ran up to the man and did a quick body search.
[You have obtained 5 gold coins, 7 silver coins, and 55 bronze coins!]
[You have obtained an Epic grade katana!]
[You have obtained ×3 Medium grade Mana portion!]
[You have obtained ×2 Medium grade Health portion!]
Josh quickly threw them all into his inventory, as the dying man weakly called out for the health portion Josh had stolen from him.
"To whom life is given, death is a promise. Be careful in your next life, okay?"
/Stab! Stab! Stab!/
Josh began hacking at the man's thick neck ruthlessly with his novice dagger. Due to his low level dagger and weak stat points, it took him thirteen consecutive stabs to break the man's defence, and 'help' the man by ending his pain.
[You have killed Davis!]
[You have failed the mission 'Help Richardson Davis'!]
[You have gained the title 'Mischief']
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]...
[You are now a level seven player!]
Josh had already sneaked out of the alleyway, and had mixed up with the crowd in the street when he got the last notification.
"Play smart, not safe"
He muttered to himself with a wide grin, and willed for his status screen.
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[Status Screen.]
Username: Underleveled
Alias: -
Race: Human
Level: 7 [4075/5050]
Rank: Tier1
Titles: Mischief
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HP: 350
MP: 120
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05.07.55 [5 gold coins| 7 silver coins| 55 bronze coins]
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[Status Points]
Strength: 18
Dexterity: 15
Agility: 20
Intelligence: 25
SP: 70
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[Skills]
Mischief: [Passive]
10% increase in all stat points, at performing a mischievous activity.
[Duration: 1 minute.]
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[Inventory]
Novice Blade: [Common]
Level: 1
Effect: +15 physical damage.
Stat: 20 Combined stat.
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Shadow Katana: [Epic]
Level: 35
Effect: +200 physical damage.
Stat: 350 Combined stat.
[Active skill: Ethereal Slash.]
[Ethereal Slash: Disregards all target's defence to deal +500 Magic attack.]
[Cooldown: 15 minutes.]
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Mana Portion: [Medium]
Regenerates 20MP/1sec for 30sec.
[Effect do not stack!]
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Health Portion: [Medium]
Regenerates 50HP/1sec for 10sec.
[Effect do not stack!]
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[Chat Box]
[Monetization]
[Report]
[Log out]
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Josh was pleasantly surprised at the 'Shadow Katana' prowess, and couldn't wait to sell it off for more gold coins, as he couldn't use it at his current level, and could be traced as Davis killer with it.
He had no idea who Davis was, and didn't care to know, as he quickly inputted the alias 'JustJosh' for himself, to lose whoever might have been be tailing him.
Then he began assigning his free stat points according to the boost he felt he needed.
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[Status Points]
Strength: 18 (+20)
Dexterity: 15 (+15)
Agility: 20 (+20)
Intelligence: 25 (+15)
SP: 0
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He instantly felt vitalized and strengthened as he assigned all the free stat points he had gotten from leveling up, which was 10 free stat points per level up.
Then he quickly tapped on the log out button, and disappeared from the spot.