Chapter 2: The Real Game Begins
"Mm, this is good." Alaric said, satisfied with his new stats. He raised all of his stats to 20, except Mana and Magic. He was left only 25 AP, he made up his mind to store them for now as he might need them later on.
[Congratulations for reaching Level 10, Player-Alaric. You will now be transported out of the training area, goodluck to your journey outside.]
"Wait wait what!?" A training area!? It was just a training are where he almost died!? While he had guessed it before, that was just a wild guess. Alaric who was still on shock about the new information was devoured by a blinding white light.
— Beria Village, Venerie Kingdom —
Alaric appeared in front of a huge building, with a signpost on its wooden door, written on it was "Adventurer Hall".
Now, as an expert gamer, or so what he likes to call himself, he naturally knew what the Adventurer Hall was. It's the place where all kinds of people who call themselves "Adventurers" meet. Here, he can accept quest and earn money. He can also team up with other Adventurers.
Without much thought, he entered the Adventurer Hall. His entry caused a few eyes to look at him for a few seconds before returning back to whatever they were doing.
On the left side of the hall, a board plastered with papers of different colors, he assumed that they are quest paper as many people gathered there, either looking at the board or engaging in small talks with others. On the right side, a long desk with three human girls behind them stood, with a short line of people.
Standing behind the line, he patiently waited for his turn. The Adventurer Hall that he was in, wasn't the same Adventurer Hall he had in his imagination.
"Are you going to register as an Adventurer as well?" A new guy, who entered a few minutes after Alaric, stood behind him and asked him a question out of the blue.
"Yes, from your words I assume that you too want to become an adventurer?" Alaric asked back, although he wasn't into socializing that much, small talks like this will be fine.
"Yes! My name is Sen." Sen introduced himself enthusiastically. "Alaric." Alaric introduced himself, forcing a slight smile.
"*Whispers* Are you from Planet-2311? " Whispering in a voice that Sen thought only Alaric can hear, and oh boi was he so wrong.
"Hm? Ah no, I'm from Planet-Earth. Nice to meet you fellow otherworlder." Alaric replied in a hushed voice, lowering his voice to the weakest.
'So there are people from other worlds here huh?'
Both Alaric and Sen thought in their mind in a synchronized manner. Soon, it was Alaric's turn. The line he was in didn't even decreased at all as more people kept pouring inside the Adventurer Hall.
"Please put your thumb here." The lady handed a blank, white card onto him. Pressing onto the blank card with his right thumb, he felt something cold hit his finger. It all happened in a split moment, very fast for the current him.
Then a changed occured to the blank card. It had now red symbols on it, displaying his name, level, tier and adventurer tier.
"Welcome the Adventurer Family, Alaric. If you have any doubts, feel free to come and ask me for help." The lady said with a slight smile, mainting the friendly and professional personality at the same time.
"Go to Anna over there, she will give you quests for obtaining your classes." The lady said, pointing at the another woman in her left. Nodding and thanking her, Alaric walked towards Anna leaving an excited Sen behind.
"Welcome. Place your hand over there and you can select your first class." Anna pointed at the stone tablet with weird symbols glowing in blue color. Following what she said, Alaric placed his hand above the tablet and as soon as he does, a cold energy spread towards his whole body.
It was brief, yet that brief moment was the coldest second for him!
[Choose your class from the following.
- Blade Master
-Bow Master
-Basic Mage
-Blacksmith
-Alchemist
-Healer ]
'Eh? Where's the swordmaster class?' Was his first line of thought. It seems that classes works differently here, in real life and vastly different from games.
Without thinking too much about it, he chose the Blade Master class.
[You have gained a new class, Blade Master Class! With this class, you can wield any melee weapon as long as it classified as a bladed weapon!]
[You have gained the following: Mana and Magic Stats +10 and a random weapon skill of your choosing.]
[Your class next evolution will be determined through your best achievements, experiences and best skills.]
Initially, he was surprised. In games, when you have chosen a class, especially classes that relies on physical attributes, there is a huge chance that you can no longer use other weapons. But his class, Blade Master allows him to use any weapons that classified as a bladed weapons. What are they?
Well they are…. Swords, Spears, Axes etc, as long they have a blade, either sharp or dull, you name it!
Anna, who watched as Alaric smile like a child who just got his favorite toy, raised an eyebrow. Then she decided to mind her own business and not bother Alaric.
After inspecting the new changes in his Status Screen, he had added 10AP to Mana Stat and 15AP to Magic Stat. After that, he waved goodbye to Anna after asking for a few more things and ran out of the Adventurer Hall, his destination? Enchanted Forest, where monsters and beast alike, between Level 5 and 15 roam freely.
Sen shot a confused look at the Alaric's departing figure, he was gonna ask the guy if he wanted to do some quest with him.
"Oh well, another time I guess." He muttered before walking out of the Adventurer Hall with a quest paper in hand.