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Chapter 2: Arts of Survival
"Need a hand?" A voice spoke to me. I dropped my hands and looked up. A dark figure stood in front of me, blocking out the sun. I stood up and began to see color onto her face. A fair woman stood in front of me. "What is your name?" She asked nonplussed.
"My name is Sinlimitless, but you can call me Sin for short." I replied painfully.
"My name is Brynna. By the way, you look pale. Do you want to learn about survival another time?" She asked worriedly. Survival was important, and turning away from such an important skill was not an option.
"No, I'm fine. Let's start shall we?" I sucked in a deep breath and forced out a smile.
"Okay, first thing for survival, if you are cold and there is no warmth around you, what do you do?" She asked. I scratched my head and thought for a decent answer.
"Stay in a tucked position hoping that you could get warm?" I answered. She laughed at me and handed me a hatchet and a tinderbox.
"Today's lesson we will learn four simple basic survival skills. Woodcutting, firemaking, fishing and cooking. First, I shall teach you about woodcutting. Find a tree that you could cut and swing your hatchet at it. It's not that hard but firemaking is a tad bit herder. It requires you to use a tinderbox. Once you have collected the logs, use the tinderbox to light the logs up. Go ahead and try." I willingly took the tinderbox and the bronze hatchet off of her hands and walked toward the nearest tree. I examined the tree, and walked around it to see if there was any good spot to cut it down from. I shrugged and swung the hatchet at the tree with all my might. The hatchet head was stuck in the bark, so I pulled it and gave the tree another good swing. Down it went, crashing into the opposite direction. I began to cut up the fallen tree into logs. Once I had collected enough logs, I began lighting them up with the contents in the tinderbox.
There were a lot shiny rocks in the tinderbox and it looked like it could cause a spark if I rub them together with enough force. I took two of them out and rubbed them together above the logs. "Come on, come on." I grumbled, biting the lower part of my lip in anticipation. Sparks appeared and rested on the logs but there was no fire. I looked at the rocks and the rocks seemed worn out. I threw them away and took another pair. This time, the spark lit the logs on fire. I shove a mighty fist up into the air in celebration.
"Hey Brynna, I did it!" I yelled in happiness. She smiled and beckoned. I nodded and approached her.
"Good job! But the fist-in-the-air part wasn't necessary." She grinned. "Now, let us use the fire. That fire will be used for cooking. Grab a net by the pond a go catch some shrimps. It won't take long. Don't worry, I will take good care of your fire for you." She smiled and gestured me to move along. I nodded and ran off toward the pond. I grabbed the net that was laying by the edge and began tossing it into the water. Sad that I had to kill innocent animals for food, but it was for survival. Kill or be killed.
"Oh look, some shrimps!" Three shrimps swam into the net and I raised the net out of the water. I placed the shrimps in my bag and continued. For minutes, I did nothing but fished. Fireworks exploded above my head, sending sparkles of colorful light. I stopped fishing until I had half a bag of shrimps. I walked back to Brynna, with a smile on my face.
"Good job on fishing but sadly, you took too long and your fire died down. Try and make another one, it will increase your level and give you experience. Take this book, it will be with you forever." It was a brown book with tree bars going upwards like a staircase. Red, green and blue were the colors of the bars. The moment I touched it, a strange power could be felt, and it ran up my arm, toward my shoulders and up to my brain, blinding me for a second. In about a few moment, my vision returned. I staggered back in confusion.
"What the hell just happened?" I asked worried and puzzled.
"Stay calm, the book needed to keep track of your stats, so it has to be combined with your mental activity. No harm was done." She replied calmly. "If you are still feeling a bit woozy, go cook some shrimps and eat it. It would make you feel better, I swear." She informed. I nodded in response and saw a big tree behind her. I walked around Brynna and investigated the tree. I looked around and stopped. I swung my hatchet at the tree. I could hear Brynna behind me screaming. Before I could realize what she was screaming about, my arm flew back so hard and quick, everything happened in a blur.
I opened my eyes and sat up. "Ouch, I swear luck is not by my side today." I grumbled, got to my feet and dusted some dirt off my buttocks.
"I was trying to tell you that, that was an oak tree. Only people with level 15 woodcutting or above could cut that kind of tree. You are one silly person." She giggled
"Yeah, I knew that, I was just testing you..." I stuttered, embarrassed
"Testing me? I should be testing you. Get back to making shrimps while we are still young." She gave me one of her vexed looks. I gestured her to calm down and began to cut the normal trees. More fireworks sparked above my head. I looked at my stats book and three skills were flashing, My fishing had raised to a level three and my woodcutting and firemaking had raised to a level two. I was happy and began to lit my logs up. Once again, fireworks exploded above my head, telling me that I have raised a firemaking level.
I cooked all the shrimps over the fire, burning a lot in the process. The burnt ones turned all black and smelly, I just had to throw them away. I got up, and ate a couple of the cooked shrimps. Everything felt better and my mind was clearer.
"Good to see that you are feeling better! I have nothing else to teach you. Walk down this path, open the wooden gate and continue down to your next tutor. I wish you good luck on your travels and god speed!" She waved at me and so I waved back. I walked away from the area, thinking what was going to happen on my next tutorial. I saw the small wooden gate which Brynna was talking about, so I pushed it open and continued walking.
I whistled a happy tune while my foot steps were my metronome. In the distance, I saw a small house with a chimney. Smoke puffed out of it like a giant smoking pipe. I looked up in at the blue sky. It was probably noon. I looked at the sky behind me and giant purple-gray clouds flew across the horizon. It was going to rain any minute. My best bet was to finish this tutorial and run to the nearest shelter or I could just stay in the tutorial house for shelter. I quickly walked to the house and wondered no more. I opened the door and found myself in a kitchen filled with the fresh fragrance of bread. In the kitchen, there was a chef wearing a green shirt with a white apron overlapping it, brown trousers and a chef hat. He was around his mid forties.
"Ah! Welcome newcomer. I am the master chef, Lev. It is here I shall teach you how to cook food truly fit for a king!" I lowered my shoulder like an annoyed child.
"But I already know how to cook. Brynna taught me!" I informed.
"You call burning shrimps on an open log, cooking? Hahaha! No my boy, I shall teach you the fine art of cooking bread. Take this bucket and a pot of flour. Fill that bucket with water. There is a sink beside you, use that." He passed the items along to me. I placed the pot of flour in my bag and walked to the side where the sink laid.
I dropped the bucket in the sink and turned the tap. Water rushed out filling the bucket slowly. Quarter, half, three quarter and full. "There we go" I lifted up the heavy bucket off the sink and mixed the water with the flour making it into a bread dough. It was all soggy and wet.
"Hey, is it supposed to be like this chef?" I asked. Lev turned around, looked at the bread dough and shook his head with disappointment.
"Too much water. You need to control how much water you're using. Try again, here is a new pot of flour." I handed him the empty pot in return for a pot fill with flour. The bucket still had some remaining water so I used it. This time, the dough felt perfect. I shaped the dough with my hands, making it to look like a bread and showed it to Lev.
"So what am I suppose to do now Chef?" He smiled at me, and pointed at a range in the corner of the kitchen.
"Use the range over there to cook the bread. Oh, don't call me chef, call me Lev." He grinned. I nodded and walked to the range. The coal was already in the heater, thus making it ready to cook. I looked at the range until my eyes watered because of the heat. I placed the bread gently on the range cooking it gingerly. I removed the bread from the range once the bread was crispy and golden brown.
"Good job lad! While you were cooking, I was creating a special tab for you. It is called the music tab. Most players don't use it but, here you go anyway. You deserve it." He passed me a small square stone tablet. "There is a special pouch in your bag that holds tabs. That pouch holds things like your stat books, your music tab and much more. You will gain more tabs as you progress through this tutorial island." He added cheerily.
I smiled with amusement. Excitement ran through my body as I grabbed the music tab and stuffed it down in the special pouch. "Well, that is all there is to know. You must explore the wonder of cooking by yourself. You may leave now, and continue on to your journey." I bowed at him and thanked him for the lesson. I left the house excitedly and suddenly, I felt the urge o dance. I danced on the spot, doing some crazy dance moves, lifting my hands up in the air like I just don't care.
The booming sound of thunder interrupted me of my random dancing. I looked up and the sky above me was gray and depressing. A single raindrop dropped from the sad sky and landed on my cheek. Another booming sound of thunder made me jumped and I began to realize that I need to find shelter. I could go back but someone else had already entered the house. I better not interrupt the session. I ran down the dirt path, looking around to find a suitable tree to take cover from the pelting rain. I saw an oak tree not too far ahead and ran straight toward it.
"Phew." I said, collapsing on the roots of the oak tree, worn out and tired from the running. Slight raindrops dripped from the leaves of the trees. It was better than having a million transparent soldiers pelting your body. I cocked my head back and rested under the leaves of the oak tree. My eyes grew heavy and slowly began to shut itself close, sending me into a deep slumber.
Next time on S.A.o.R!
"This boy must be taken out before it is too late! Why do you hesitate?"
"I think I have a perfect plan for this operation."
"Oh, you want to be the hero huh? Well take this!"
'When the man asked for my parents, no faces showed up in my head'
"The difficulties can be as easy as baking cakes, to slaying dragons!"
Chapter 3: Perverted Ivan
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