Chapter 4: Learning About the Town.
Once Mavoric and his group leave, I go deeper into the forest looking for more creatures. Finding another spider, I go to use the same strategy as always. Except two things were different, the spider was level 3 and I didn't say my skill, I thought it. I grin thinking about my achievement, going to another one I do the same thing. Except this time I took damage because I got to cocky. It hurt like a bitch, I bite my lip and ignore the pain, the drive of ending this came kept me going, letting me ignore the pain.
Going to a wolf, I get nervous. I have only faced one of these before, except this one was over 10' tall and it is level five which made me worried sense I am only Level 4. Glancing at my XP bar it was 2/3 done, which made me smirk with enjoyment. Getting into a stance, that I just seem go into every time I go into battle, I prepare for the fight. The Wolf growls at me which made me take a step back. It takes a big leap forward, thankfully I jump back so its massive claws only scrape my chest. In the corner of me eyes I see my heath lowering. Trying to ignore the pain and to not panic, quickly gaining my composure as the wolf goes to attack me again.
His giant claw comes in from the right above me, instinctively I duck, I see my chance and I run to underneath the wolf, the only spot where it could not get me, and I slash at the underbelly of the beast as much as I could before the wolf jumps away.
Looking at the wolfs heath points it is already half way down. I take a breath as I try to calm down, the wolf charges at me once again. This time it tries to bite me, I was stunned and could not move, I force myself to jump out of the way and use the skill "Hide".
Confused the wolf looks around not sure where I went. The creature sniffs the air and listens carefully. I take a step back and step on a tree branch breaking it. The beast turns to me and charges at me. Scared sense this has never happen before I trip and fall down onto my ass. The spell goes away and it can clearly see me now.
Chills go down my spine, I knew this was the end, I couldn't move. All I could do is close my eyes and hope it would be painless. I squeeze my eyes shut and put my head down. As I hear the wolf right in front of me, instead of biting me, it lets out a scream of pain.
I open my eyes and I see three arrows in the wolfs right eye. Another four whistles out of the woods hitting the wolf in the side. Its HP drops to 0 and falls on the ground dead. I'm Trembling in surprise, I never thought that I would be saved.
Quickly I look around trying to find out where the arrows came from. There was a figure, the figure was on a tree branch wearing a light green cloak, with a long wooden bow with an arrow ready to go. The cloaks hood was covering my savors face so I could not see them clearly. Quickly looking up at their name I say it under my breath. "Yu... Yui?..."
As soon as I spoke the figure jumped away and vanished. I wanted to go after the person who saved me life but I still couldn't move. Opening up my inventory I take a health potion and drink it. Once I finish it and my health points go back to normal I try and stand up. My legs are wobbly, I could barely walk. I hold onto a tree just to hold myself up.
I takes me a while but I head back into town, my legs still shaking. I didn't fight anymore creatures, I was to scared. I head back into the inn, I pay for another night and she gives me another key to another room. This time it was room number 6.
Going to my new room, it was the same set up as the last. I get in the shower and just sit there letting the water hit me. I lean my back against the wall as I think and think. I think about how just because I am invisible does not mean the creatures can not sense me. My mind also goes to my savor, Yui. I think about why they would save me. "Have they not heard? Or did they not know it was me?..." I ask myself.
That night I did not eat, drink, nor sleep. My dreams were nightmares of me dying and being eaten by that wolf. Waking up in the morning I re-equipt everything and go down to Myrtle. I get a piece of bread and some water. I'm down to only 12 bronze. I didn't sell anything that I gor from the spiders that I killed yesterday.
After selling the items I gained from the spiders I was now up to 34 bronze. I learned something as well. The cost of things, and how much you can get for selling something changes with almost every single person you go to buy or sell to. This fake world is trying to function like a real one.
For a good couple hours I try to find Yui, to repay my gratitude. But I could not find Yui. The more I thought about the name the more something bothered me. It may be just a screen name but the name sounds so familiar but I could not find out why.
I find myself at the gate of the town. Looking at the forest I debate to myself if I should go back into the woods or not. Taking a deep breath I go out of the safe town and out into the dangerous world. Slowly I head into the forest. I only go after low levels at the moment, to scared to fight anything above the level 3.
After I kill my third spider a light goes around me and the wonderful warmth of leveling up fills me. I gain a little more confidence being level five now. Once the light disappeared and the warmth faded an image appears in front of me. It was a boot with a lighting bolt on it and above it it said "Flash." There was an option for more information so I pressed it and the imaged turns around. There were words on it, it was a new skill, and it read.
"The skill 'flash' will allow you to become 3x's faster then you are right now. The skill will last for 20 seconds with a cool down time of 30 seconds. This skill will level you up as you level up."
Feeling a little cocky I find a spider to try and test it on. I get into my stance, once the spider was close enough I used "Flash" and dashed away. The wind running over my face felt amazing as it seemed like the spider could not keep up with my moments. I run behind the spider and shove my knife into it and start running around it dragging the knife inside the spider.
The spider drops to the ground dead quickly. It was perfect timing sense as soon as the spider died the skill ran out. I looted the spider, getting 13 bronze, two spider eyes, and a spider leg. I go around killing more spiders, making sure that I stay away from wolfs.
By the end of the day I was level 6. It was near sunset when I decided to face my fears. I see a wolf and I count to 30 to make sure everything was ready. I let out a battle scream getting myself pumped up. The wolf was level 6 same as me, and it seemed to have the same idea as me sense it let out a howl that echoed through out the woods.
The wolf charged at me and I charged at him. The wolf swings it huge claws at me, I jump and roll under it, jabbing my knife into the wolfs soft stomach. As it jumps away from me, I use Hide so it seems like I vanished when it jumped.
It looked around and this time I made sure I was careful. I slowly made my way in front of it with out making a sound, and when I am underneath its throat I trust my knife up as hard as I can. I twist my knife before pulling it would and run away, the wolfs claw scrapes the back of my neck. Even though it was only a scratch, it is a vital point it took away ¼ of my health.
Getting ready once again, I use Flash and run as fast as I could to the wolf straight on. The wolf seemed to be moving in slow motion though because once I get underneath the wolfs head I jam my knife in the wolfs throat and drag it all the way to the other side.
Pulling my knife out I turn around, about to make a second go, but the wolf drops to the ground dead. Finally I was able to do it. I was able to defeat it. From looting the wolf I was able to get 30 bronze, a pelt, and a wolf claw.
Heading back to town, it was already dark out, the streets where lit up by street lights, and the lights from houses. I go back to the Inn, I am lucky sense there is only one room left. I get curious about something when I barely am able to get a room.
"Hey Myrtle" I say to her sitting on a bar stool in front of her.
"Yeah?" she asks still cleaning that same mug.
"Can I pay for more then one night? Like can I pay for tomorrow to?"
"Of course, why couldn't you? This way I make more money" she say chuckling.
I chuckle a little as well as I pull out another 20 bronze for tomorrow. I then pay for two pieces of bread and some water. The bread still tasted like cardboard. But as I was eating I notice something. I haven't needed to eat as much as I would in the human world, nor needed to go to the bathroom as much. I order three more pieces of bread and put it in my inventory in case I want to have a snack and don't feel like walking back. I head up to room 3, my new room, and get in the shower.
I think over everything that has happen today, and I realize that I do not know about this town as much. I decide that tomorrow I'll go exploring and I would be a good idea to take a break from fighting. I check my money and I have only 11 bronze left. I drift off, but that night I didn't have a dream, it was just black.
When I wake up I check the time and its 0900, or 9:00 A.M. I head out of the Inn, not bothering to get food sense I already have some, and I start to wonder around town. I see many things I haven't before. More weapon shops, a bank, and auction house, guild building, fast travel station, and a magic shop. In the magic shop you can find weapons that is has magic it in, or you could buy items and equipment and add it to the weapons you already have. There are also books that lets you can actually learn magic.
I didn't buy anything though because for most of them you have to be level 20 to use and I didn't have enough money to buy them. Towards the edge of town I found two things that are interesting. A pet shop, and training center. In the pet shop, you could buy things from, little pets just to keep, to ones you can ride, and ones you could go into battle with, sometimes all three.
I talked to a guy to learn more about it, and he said that there are a lot of pets, you could even get a dragon. When I heard that my heart pounded fast being more exited as ever. Dragons have been my favorite creatures, even when I was a kid I used to go out into the woods in search for a dragon egg. I used to get bullied a lot because of it.
I was so absorbed in thinking about getting a dragon I almost missed an important part, there is a device where I can make creature that I can find in the woods mine. I just need to make them weak enough before I put it on. It is like a collar, except only half of it. When you put it on the creature it is suppose to wrap around them making them your pet. The guy said it doesn't work every single time though, and that pets are like people, once they die they can't be brought back.
The collar thing cost 2 silver and 50 bronze each so I didn't buy anything. The training center is a huge help though. I'm not sure why uncle put it in the game though, maybe to give him a challenge. The training center allows people to work with trainers of their own class, teaching them moves and there role in working with others. But of course it cost money. It was 30 bronze an hour. I decided that for the next two days I will fight and gain as much money as I could, buy a couple more days at the Inn, then train as much as I could.
To be continued...