"Huh?, there is actually such thing??" Seln said in a shocked tone, "Now that the system reminded me, my body is aching in pain" Seln sat down in a nearby rock to rest, "What a realistic game!" Seln smiled
After a few hours of rest, Seln no longer felt any fatigue and continued the quest
[Collected Yellow Herbs 2x]
[48/50]
[Collected Yellow Herb 1x]
[49/50]
[Collected Yellow Herb 1x]
[50/50]
Ding!
"Quest Complete, return to the herb gatherer to submit the yellow herbs"
"Now that's a sense of accomplishment!" Seln said in a satisfied expression, he went back to the village and found the herb gatherer
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"Young man!, that's some top quality herbs you've gathered for me, it will fetch me a huge amount of sum!, As promised here's your reward"
Ding!
"The herb gatherer was satisfied of your work and increased his rewards"
[Quest Complete]
[Rewarded 50 copper coins, 30 exp, 1 Skill book, 1 fame]
"Nice!, what a generous reward that's more than half of the exp I need for level 1!" Seln inspected the skill book he just recieved.
[Gatherer]
[Grants 1 exp per item you have collected in the wilds and reduces the risks of damage]
[Learn?]
"Yes"
[Skill Learned]
Seln walked around the village after submitting his quest, he found out the majority of players have reached level 1 sometimes spotting level 2, rarely a level 3 While he himself is still level 0, he wasn't dejected rather Seln is satisfied, he knows what's he's doing, skills like Gatherer will be sought after the early stages of the game.
Players won't hesitate to buy coins in a bulk using cash to hire players that has acquired these kinds of skills at a high price tempting those who lacked coins, casual players will farm levels as fast as they can while veteran players plan ahead. They buy what they need and throw what they deem useless even if its a legendary item or they can just trade it for an equal value and ask what they need or auction it off.
While Seln was walking around, he spotted a rough looking man clad in full armor pacing back and fort with a troubled expression, He approached the man and said "Sir it seems there's something troubling you, is there anything I can help with?". Talking to npcs with respect is a must, last time a player offended an npc he was banned throughout the game and had to create a new one, only he knows how despairing it was to lose high level items.
"Young man, I thank you for your concern, we guards need all the help we can, the latest report I've recieved Wild Boars are getting dangerously close to the village" the guard said, "I want you to kill as many Boars as you can, I will reward you greatly the more Wild Boars you kill since this involves the lives of the villagers".
Ding!
[Rare Grade]
[Kill as many Wild Boars as you can]
[A slight chance to enrage the Boar king]
[Do you accept?]
"I accept"
"Excellent!, I will lend you one of swords, here!" The guard said lending Seln a sharp sword
[Obtained Rare sword]
[level 2 - Boars Bane (Rare) - inflicts 10% more damage to boars dealing 25 damage]
[Equipped]
"Now go!, we guards will handle the rest!" The guard said to Seln, he hurried to the forest spotting several boars in the process
[Wild Boar (Rare Grade) - 5]
Health: 150
[Wild Boar (Rare Grade) - 5]
Health: 150
[Wild Boar (Rare Grade) - 5]
Health: 150
[Wild Boar (Rare Grade) - 5]
Health: 150
"He wasn't kidding, and I thought these boars are small, they're actually big enough to topple sumo wrestlers!" Seln said, "If my math is correct, I will kill those four in 3 hits, them being wide apart makes it easy to kill them one by one, unless boars can call for reinforcements... ". Seln approached one of the boars and heavily swinged his sword and swinged again
[Wild Boar (Rare Grade) - 5]
Health: 150
Critical hit!
-50
-28
Health: 72/150
ROAR
Seln's slashes left behind deep gashes in its enormous body bleeding heavily.
-1
-1
-1
Health: 69/150
Enraged by the human's provocation, it used [Bash]
WHOOSH
Seln expected this beforehand, there's no way a realistic game would make a small mistake like this right?, He dodged to the side almost getting hit, the boar may be big but it boasts speed unproportional to its physique.
Ding!
[Learned Heavy Slash] - level 1
Deals additional 20 damage, will increase
'You can learn skills through your own effort?' Seln was bewildered by the sudden notification.
BANG
[Dizziness] - 00:10
Distorts your vision
[Dizziness] - 00:09
Distorts your vision
[Dizziness] - 00:08
Distorts your vision
'Ascension, what other amazing things are you hiding from me?' Seln smiled joyfully knowing the game he's playing is different!
He quickly closed in before the dizzy status runs out, Seln slashed rapidly in quick succession cleaving out a huge chunk from the boars health pool.
Ding!
[Learned Rapid Slash] - level 1
Deals 15 damage per slash, will increase
-44
-44
-44
Health: -63/150
THUD
The boar layed im the ground bathing in its own puddle of blood.
Ding!
[Killed Wild Boar]
"Congratulations, you killed a monster five levels above you, rewarding five levels worth of experience"
Ding!
[Leveled up]
Ding!
[Leveled up]
Ding!
[Leveled up]
Ding!
[Leveled up]
Ding!
[Leveled up]
"You have gained five points to allocate"
"..." Seln was too shocked, 5 levels worth of experience?!, its understandable since he was level 0 but seriously?, Seln just discovered the fact that when a player kills a monster above their level, the rewarded experience will be multiplied, of course the experience given will decrease as the player reaches higher levels.