Chapter 2: Sage Of The Forest
A song was playing loudly in a restaurant Joon-Woo knew the song and in fact he loved the music because it reminded him of a very old band he heard on the internet the day before, he tried to remember the name while he was serving the customers at the cat's eye but he couldn't quite remember it, When he finished his work at 2 am he went straight home to rest when he woke up at 6 am he went jogging, it was the first time he did it but he had decided to do it every day after all, discipline overcomes talent and one can only attract girls if he is in good shape, with good conversation topics and if he has money. But especially he did it to feel good about himself.
To then go to class after 15 days had passed, however Joon- Woo still couldn't save enough money to buy the equipment to play Andromeda so he was forced to work another fortnight to fulfill his goal. In these days he met a very lively young woman who kept talking and smiling, she was about 20 to 22 years old, her name was Maria Garcia, she was Peruvian so she didn't speak Korean very well but it was funny just listening to her talk, apparently she wanted to play Andromeda too but she had to work to pay the rent for the apartment.
Joon-Woo approached the girl who was jumping from one place to another, Maria noona why don't you come with me to play Andromeda if we do well maybe we can make money with the game if it is true it is already out but it has only been a few days since its launch and it is known to be very difficult if we enter the first days of February we will not be too late and maybe we can make a living playing it.
Joon -woo you know that I have enough money to buy the equipment for the game but it would leave me with zero savings and it is too risky for me, I would like to play but in my current situation it would be difficult for me she answered.
The young man was silent for a moment and then it occurred to him to say you know it will be fun and you better spend some time with me and when you have problems you can charge them with my body while Asia strikes a sexy pose.
Maria noona left with a chuckle and said I will think about it.
Joon -woo went home happy and as the days went by on February 3rd they went to buy the equipment to start their adventure and then went to walk around the stores and ice cream parlors of the city and Maria said I will only play during the day at night I will have to keep working to which Joon -woo replied I will have to study for 5 more months so I have to play in the evenings for the most part to a yes there will be days when we can play together.
after eating an ice cream they said goodbye as they got on the subway maria turned around, with a radiant smile one like she had never seen before, her brown eyes seemed to shine and her brown hair waved in the air while her curves became more pronounced, this was the definition of a dangerously beautiful woman, and a melodious and seductive voice sounded if the plan to make money with this fails you will have to work hard because if not with your skinny body it will be difficult to pay me.
I am writing you to agree on the names of our characters and to meet each other, you know we will choose the silver elves in the silver city.
It didn't take long for both of them to get home and get ready to enter the game by putting on their helmets and getting comfortable in their respective rooms.
Maria created her character without any problems and called her friend, she didn't say hello, she just said, "I'm in, my name is silver maiden hahahah Joan of Arc would be proud of me, right.
Hahahahahahahahah why would Joan of Arc be proud of you just rolled her title as she laughed and wrote Joon -woo made a mistake in the selection of his character instead of creating a silver elf he created a Nephilim a race of giants that were said to be hybrids between demons and elves so they were not well regarded by the elves, only the silver elves allowed them to live among their own but not to occupy important positions their number was very low it could be said that it was a race almost extinct throughout the server their number was not more than a thousand mainly lived in the forest hiding from other races and was hunted for their ruby eyes because they had a high magical power with which they could make many types of potions especially potions class change and evolution.
He tried to change the choice in a panic attack but he didn't succeed it was impossible to change a chosen race unless you die 10 times then he wrote to maria complaining, look because of you little maiden I am now a very ugly Nephilim but at least I am not skinny anymore, I am well muscled strong and powerful name is orion53 hahhahah and this name will resonate throughout the world of Andromeda.
Maria was silent and then laughed yes, yes now don't bother me I'm seeing what profession I will choose I don't want to choose wrong an unnecessary distraction.
Noona you are a cruel woman, how can you say unnecessary to the great Orion53.
Correction my dear skinny I am a beautiful and cruel woman now don't bother me.
Joon -woo stopped bothering her friend and concentrated on the game she didn't want to fail in her choices again.
When she finished modeling her character from a picture of her Joon -woo was very happy with the result her face was not very different in fact it was the same only her eyes and her hair was red in fact the eyes were set to modify the red color of the Nephilim was a very important racial characteristic so it could not be edited so she selected a long red hair to match her pupils.
But his body was more muscular, but he was not fat in fact he could call him skinny and muscular he selected the shortest height for the race which was 2 and a half meters when he went out at the end of the game he found himself in the middle of the forest and an old Nefilim with scars on his face the most striking was one that crossed the left cheek from the hundred to the neck was also one-eyed right eye without a doubt was a man who had gone through hell in life.
O young herald the crystal goddess told me about you, a young man who will decide the future of our race and who knows if the future of the world.
I will give you your first choice in this place what profession or role you want to play.
Then several options appeared to the young Nephilim, warrior of silver, conqueror of fire, wizard of all elements, wizard of fire and ice, warrior of light, herald of the night, among other options that were puzzling Joon -woo said master why there are so many good options and not just the typical warrior, mage or alchemist .... To which the old man said that is simple we are a race on the verge of extinction of course we will bet everything on our few heralds apart from you there were only two heralds for our race until now and both have died only you are left so decide wisely and I hope that with your guidance we can be strong enough to survive in this chaotic world and even more with the arrival of the heralds all races will make their moves there will be wars, massacres only the strong will survive andromeda will be a sea of blood for the next decades, the heralds are still as weak as babies but they will become monstrously strong and one day they will dominate the world of Andromeda since they can revive 10 times and we the natives only have one life if we lose it we return to the arms of our gods in fact I am envious of them.
Joon-woo was stunned just with those words he could see how important a role was in this world even though it was a game, he thought for an instant that this place was not very different from the real world, without a doubt the AI used for this game was beyond his understanding.
Thinking about it he looked at the options he had, there were more than 100 of them, it was certainly very difficult to choose but he saw several that interested him, like the berserker, sword master, water painter, magic alchemist, runic blacksmith, runic mage, but he selected the forest sage class, it was a class that focused on intelligence, wisdom and fighting style, As a mage his fighting style was with spells oriented to the support of his familiars but besides that, he could fight with staffs and barehanded that if he specialized in magic fighting or with staffs or just with his fists and legs as a martial artist it was up to the user or he could specialize as an all-rounder magic and familiars for ranged fighting medium and unarmed staffs at close range all depended on Joon -woo.
The young Nephilim felt that his main stats should be intelligence, wisdom and dexterity.
In Andromeda the characters could raise 12 stats: wisdom, intelligence, dexterity, agility, strength, luck, charisma, art, stamina, life, creation and fame.
For each level raised, 5 stats could be raised, which the user believed convenient, the strength was for hitting and lifting objects.
The wisdom was for knowledge about plants and animals at the time of identifying gives you more bonus when activating spells i.e. you spend less mana.
Intelligence is a multiplier of the mana that one must have.
Dexterity is the ability to craft and fight with or without weapons, acrobatics also depends on dexterity.
Agility is the speed with which one can move or perform acrobatics.
Luck and charisma is linked to the cup of crafting items, to please NPCs and to find reward chests.
Art is linked to the completion of crafting.
Stamina is linked to the amount of stamina when fighting or the ability to run or walk.
Life is a direct multiplier of the amount of hp one can have.
Fame is how the world sees you can be a well liked person, ignored by all or feared depending on your actions.
The young Nefilim thought his main stats should be intelligence, wisdom, dexterity and agility.
Joon -woo asked how I can raise my stats to which he was answered the easiest method is to level up by killing creatures or train your abilities according to your profession, ummm you could also equip enchanted equipment.
young orion why don't you accompany me to the silver city to train with the elves but remember the training ends in a week at least and if you wish you can train longer but at most a month after that you are expected to grow on your own.
Orion a felt he headed to the city with the one eyed old man it didn't take long to get to the city the old man introduced himself my name is Amir I will leave you this book and these wristbands that belonged to my daughter the skill book complements your class and I recommend that you head to the library during the day train with the staff in the evenings and practice fighting without weapons when you finish your training and want to continue it you can look for us in the hills of the silver mist having said that Amir the one eyed old man turned around and left leaving me in the city.
I looked up my contacts and called the silver maiden, Maria Noona how are you doing you have already chosen a class.
I don't take long to answer yes my class is soul blinder and my weapon will be a halberd hahaha I will have a flying mount very soon ahahha, then I told her about the training regimen that Amir recommended me to which she said that is strange to me and the rest of the elves it is not recommended to train we were just told that we can train or go out and get married to raise our levels.
My little Joon what are you going to do:
To which I replied I will take the one month training something tells me that this game will not change much in another month and if we don't want to die at the first marriage we must familiarize ourselves with our classes let's do the training that Amir recommended us in that case try to persuade.
She was silent for a while and then she answered "ok I will stop working for 3 months my parents sent me some money and it is enough to pay the rent for my room and the monthly fee for this game I hope that in the three months we will be able to earn some money but if not I will hang up on you we will go to the training camp in the east I will be there in 15 minutes this city is big.
Then we met in that place she was beautiful her hair was white and reached her waist her eyes were blue she was about 2 meters tall although I don't know if I liked more her actual version or the real one after all apparently she did the same as me, she was modeled after a picture of her.
The instructor approached and said heralds this is your responsibility to become strong for the survival of our species I will guide you and teach you everything I can teach you in this time you can retire if you wish, but keep in mind that those who retire will not be able to take these classes again even after resurrection.
So Maria and I went to different places with different instructors, they taught us the basic blows, they let us hit a straw dummy with wooden weapons and steel or some other metal point.