Kohen skimmed through the oak forest at a fast pace, he wasn't yet equipping his katana and wanted to wait a bit.
He opened up the starter map.
A large landscape with multiple villages, kingdoms, valleys, and rivers. The current village he resided in was "Ashbourne". It was always dark and cold, and when the sun did shine it was extremely rare.
But on the map, there were 3 blinking exclamation marks with the word "Quest" hanging over it.
Kohen chose to head for the nearest one, which wasn't that far away and near a valley.
..
In front of him stood 5 slimes. But it seemed quite difficult because slime isn't just a creature you can slice and it's dead. You have to precisely pierce them in the mouth to reach the core.
Sounds easy, but they only open their mouths when they're about to attack. So one is at huge risk of being hurt when trying to destroy the core. Meaning, you have to be swift and fast.
"I've calculated just how many more there are in the area. It seems only these 5 slimes have been spawned. I'm glad It's not 20..."
[Equipping Legend rank katana, 'Karma']
[Buff activated]
[+2 on all stats]
A long katana rested in the palm of his hands, he smirked as he felt the strength of the sword and his power increasing by just holding it.
"With the length of the sword, I shouldn't have to get too close. I wish I could do it from an even farther distance, but they only attack when someone is in the 5-foot range."
He walked slowly, and once in the correct range of attack. The slime quickly opened its mouth ready to spit out its harmful liquid.
Kohen gripped the blade and thrust with all his might. The core shattered into pieces and the slime evaporated.
[You are the first to kill a slime.]
[+1 in all stats.]
[Level Up.]
[Level Up.]
[Due to the 1.5 Experience you have leveled up twice.]
[+50 Gold.]
[<<Ragged Leather Gloves>> obtained.]
[Old gloves, nothing much.]
"What a haul. I leveled up twice and got some stat upgrades and even some gold. But these gloves are just old, I don't need them."
"Status."
[Name: Kohen Silver]
[Lvl. 2]
[Class: Villain.]
[Title: "Villain"]
[Active Skills: Reflection.]
[Active Buffs: Chaos.]
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[Attack Damage: 6.1]
[Attack Speed: 7.4]
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[Atrributes]
[Strength: 15](+2)
[Agility: 16](+2)
[Defense: 15](+2)
[Stamina: 13](+2)
[Dexterity: 14](+2)
[Intelligence: 14](+2)
"My stats seem extremely good. My strength stat and defense stat both started at 5. My agility at 6. Dexterity and intelligence both at 4 and of course stamina at 3. So when added up with the additional 10 stats given by my class and title it became the current numbers. Also when holding my sword I get a buff of 2 stats."
"This seems good enough to go against even stronger creatures. People also might be farming quest and leveling up right now too."
Kohen continued to kill the slimes and when he was done he got a total of 4 level-ups and 4 stat points. He chose to put them all on agility.
After checking the map he saw a red blinking exclamation mark. This was weird because all of the other ones blinked a gold color.
He quickly departed from the place he was and soon arrived at the exact location.
An old man in tattered clothing with a rough-looking beard and demeanor sat near the wall of a building.
The name above his head wrote, "Deranged Old man".
Still slightly confused Kohen walked over wondering what quest it could be.
"Are you here to mess with me?... I suggest you get away before I slit your throat."
Kohen stayed silent and looked at the man, 'Damnit, how should I activate the quest?...'
'Hm...the mark was blinking red. And no one else is around, is this a quest specifically made for me? I can't be for sure but it won't hurt to try it.'
Kohen opened his mouth and spoke to the man in a demanding tone, "Just tell me what you need to be done."
The old man's eyes widened and then he opened his mouth to reveal rotten teeth with an insane grin.
"Fine.."
[The first quest has been activated.]
['Day Of The Dark.']
[The player with a villain title or class will have to murder 5 NPCs, 3 Players, and 4 Friendly beasts.]
"W-What?...why?..even if they're innocent?...damn...this quest."
He gave a farewell to the man and walked to a remote town just a small walk away.
He saw kids playing and people working. They all looked like nice and great people, it ached Kohen's heart to have to kill them.
"They're just NPCs...They're just NPCs..."
He tried to justify killing them by calling them NPCs.
"Even if I kill them this is all just a game, right?"
He contemplated killing them but knew it had to be done.
And with a swing of his sword, he had already killed 2 people.
The Npcs looked in horror at the sudden murder that just occurred before their eyes. They screamed in fright and started to run all over for a means to escape.
"2 down, 3 to go."
With each kill, he closed his eyes but the more blood he made spill the more fun he felt it had become. He couldn't control himself and by the time he was done, he had murdered over 20 people.
"What was that feeling...I-I couldn't even control myself.."
[New title has been obtained.]
['Bringer Of Chaos.']
[Bringer Of Chaos-
When activated, the player will experience a sense of immense hatred for all beings and go into a berserker state. All pain will become numb and the player will kill until satisfied.]
"So that's what it was."
He just sighed and tried to wipe the blood from his stained clothing.
"But now...I must kill 3 players. This one will be the hardest because I am yet to know if people truly do die."
..
"Boss! I see some slimes in the distance."
"Alright. HEY BOYS! Let's head out!"
A group of 5 followed one man with a bulky build and a great sword. A smug grin was evident on his face as he headed for the valley of slimes.
3 men in the back chattered at snickered as they followed.
"Hey, haven't you heard?"
"What?"
"A huge conflict has already occurred in one of the towns and it's only the third day. Keke..!"
"Woah really? who was it?"
"The one called the Queen. Miss Levrone and some random perv named Chase...can you believe it?"
"Apparently the loser tried to touch her and she burned him to a crisp. It was super funny!"
"But I can't blame him she sure is a beauty...and she already has a nickname even though it's only the third day."
As the men arrived at the valley, they looked around making sure no one else was present.
3 swordsmen, 1 mage, and the leader of the pack was a tanker.
"A tanker, 3 swordsmen, and I assume a mage...they look strong but with my stats and buffs this will be a clean sweep."
Kohen dashed from where he hid and used his katana.
['Karma' has been equipped.]
TINK!
The two swords clashed as the tanker blocked the attack.
"Huh? Who's this bastard?"
'oh? he's pretty strong. Well clearly, he's a tanker. But I'm smarter.'
A small explosion happened from under the man's feet, sending him flying while his arms and legs were burnt.
"Ah! Who the hell even is this punk?...and how didn't anyone sense him?"
"Oh snap! boss, are you okay?"
the members of his squad glared at Kohen, heavy killing intent evident in the eyes of the men.
[The men hold hostile intent in their hearts. Do you wish to activate 'Chaos'?]
'No.'
The mage used a low-level fireball spell. It was sent hurling toward Kohen but he just smirked and used his skill.
<<Reflection>>
A very high-rank skill that only he has. It can only be used twice a day but if leveled up can be used more than twice.
It's a powerful skill with the power to reflect any and all. When used with critical damage can output even stronger power.
[Player has unexpectedly used a Critical. Reflection damage will be 2x stronger.]
The fireball expanded and was reverted toward them.
"W-What!" the mage was distraught after what he just witnessed.
He and everyone else yelled and tried to jump out of the way but to no avail.
[5 Players have been eliminated.]
"And now I just have to find some innocent beast I suppose..."
[An announcement will be made about your achievement. Will you choose to use your real name?]
"Use, Silver."
A Large announcement was then sent to all players.
['Silver' is the first to kill 5 players in one go. ]
All over the world of HellBorne, players were surprised at the sudden announcement and achievement of the mysterious player Silver.
"Whoa, who the hell is silver? and how did he kill 5 people on only the 3rd day?"
"I have to find that bastard! he must have some crazy loot!"
"I wanna be a part of his team."
After seeing the alert, Kohen just scoffed and closed it.
He didn't really mind anybody knowing, he just wanted to make sure his true name was hidden.
"They won't know my real name so it will be a bit harder to find me. But silver, I guess I should make that a real nickname of mine."