[You have rested in a sleeping bag! HP and AP have been fully restored! All debuffs have been removed!]
"Well good morning to you too." I replied sarcastically, clambering out of the sleeping bag and kicking it to the corner.
[New Quest! A Great Start]
[A brand new day has come! Find some place to buy breakfast!]
[Rewards: 20XP, A full stomach]
Sleepily scratching my head, I went into the bathroom and splashed water into my face before fixing my hair and heading down to the shop. I left the shop in search of food. I had 2004 Lien to my name, I could pretty much afford a simple breakfast or five. I found a hotdog stand after turning a few corners and going down a few streets. I purchased a couple of hotdogs in buns for 50 Lien and quickly scarfed it down.
[Quest Complete!]
[You get 20 XP!]
I returned to my workshop, content with my meal, and ready to try out more stuff about my new situation.
"ID Create." I said before the world fell away.
I found myself in a cavern of sorts, filled with glowing crystals of various colours. Deep blues, calm greens, fiery reds, vivid yellows, I almost felt bad for what I was going to do next. I approached a green crystal.
"Break Down." The crystal shattered into nothingness, the sound echoing all over the cavern.
[Item Destroyed! You get Crystal Shards x4]
"Observe."
[Shards of some sort of glowing crystal. Can be crushed further or used as is.]
I heard twitching coming from the far end of the cave and I whipped out my mace and pointed it at the source.
"Who's there?!" I yelled out, moving slowly and ready to swing.
I heard the twitching stop as I edged nearer to the darkness of the cavern. Suddenly something poked its leg out and I reacted on instinct and crushed it and heard something click rapidly.
[Big Ant Horde]
[40/40HP x35]
I let out a manly scream as I ran away from the horde of ants the size of large dogs with glowing red eyes and were all out for my blood. I managed to Break Down a few more crystals, bringing it to a total of twenty before using ID Escape to leave the dungeon.
[Sprint has levelled up!]
I panted as I stumbled down into the floor and used the counter to pull myself up.
"I…" I began. "…am not going back there without armour…and fire." I declared, thumping my mace against the counter. The ants didn't scare me, they merely caught me off guard and that's the story I'm sticking with if anyone asks. Shaking off my disgust at having to go to a place where there were giant insects, even if they were only ants, I retreated into the Workshop to see what I could do with the Crystal Shards while waiting for my AP to fill up again.
I dropped the Crystal Shards onto a Workshop table and began to think on what I wanted. On one hand, I did need the armour but somehow I think that crystal armour wouldn't exactly hold up against a good blow, no matter how good it may seem. Then I remembered that I still had Wooden Mallet in my inventory.
I set the hammer on the table and broke it down, receiving 2 sticks and 3 wood chunks for my trouble. I then used Item Creation on the sticks, wood, and Crystal Shards.
"Observe." I said, using it on the newly created item. It was long and looked like it was made of twisted wood. At the very end was a green glowing crystal being held in place by the wood snaking around it
[Observe has levelled up!]
[Staff Of Nature]
[A magical staff that calls upon nature to do your bidding. Gives: Nature's Blessing(Ability). +5 INT]
[You get 30 XP]
[Nature's Blessing MAX]
[Heals the user or a target for 9%]
'Well this is useful.' I began as experimentally gave it a small swing. I tried equipping it.
[Need 10 INT to use this weapon.]
I stored the staff into my Inventory for future use before standing up when I noticed that my AP had refilled back into full.
"Let's try saying something after it, something for a good start. ID Create Slimes!"
[Sprint has levelled up!]
[Sprint has levelled up!]
"ShitshitshitshitshitSHIIIIIIT." I cursed as I ran away from a Slime.
[Acid Slime]
[?/?HP]
[?]
Slimes were not an easy place to start with apparently. The acid green slime bounced along behind me, melting the grass, twigs, stones, and other slimes it landed on with a fizz. I had resolved to keep running and not get caught by the monstrous slime. There was nothing here for me to use Break Down on for it was all grasslands in this dungeon.
"ID ESCAPE ID ESCAPE ID ESCAAAPE!" I yelled out before tumbling back into the workshop with a thud.
"Alright…" I rubbed my face in annoyance. "Slimes, not trying that again till later."
I had to wait for my AP bar to fill up again…maybe I really should put in more points into INT for faster AP regeneration.
I decided to go for something a whole lot more human than before. ID Create Castle was turning out quite well for me.
[Inventory]
[Bigger Stone]
[Stick x2]
[Wood Chunk x4]
[Crystal Shard x20]
[Metal Scrap x72]
I now had plenty of material and had managed to level up a couple times from fighting Knights. They weren't obnoxiously large and scary nor did they employ swarm tactics. It was actually sort of honourable of them.
[Euca Vinmoor]
[Level:12]
[Class: Merchant]
[HP:126/149]
[AP:1600]
[STR:19+5+2]
[VIT:15+4]
[DEX:10+5]
[AGI:10+1]
[INT:10+1]
[LUK:26+2]
[EXP: 180/1200]
[Points:0]
[Lien: 1954]
"DEUS VULT INFIDEL." What? Observe.
[Crusader]
[1000/1000HP]
[DEUS VULT! The Crusader sports massive defences and incredible strength.]
"I AM UNPREPARED FOR THIS!" I yelled back at the well armoured and definitely better armed titan of armoured death, if we were going by how shiny his armour was and how menacing he looked with his longsword.
"ID Escape!"
[You cannot leave while there's a boss.]
"Fuck." I was definitely in for a rough time.
I ran away from the boss that was definitely charging towards me. I turned and barrelled down the corridor, trying to shake the Crusader off my tail.
"YOU WILL NOT GET AWAY HERETIC." He spoke-yelled from far behind me. It was lucky that I had put more points into AGI and I had managed to hide inside what looked like an empty bedroom. I had to think fast on what to do. I couldn't use ID Escape since it was a boss monster…err boss human. In terms of defences I had none, and my method of damage would probably be reduced upon hitting him.
In desperation I emptied my inventory into the floor and used Item Crafting on it. I heard someone go 'AHA' from the end of the corridor.
[Item Crafting has levelled up!]
[Item Crafting has levelled up!]
[Item Crafting has levelled up!]
[Heavy Platemail]
[5% Damage Reduction, +100 HP]
[Heavy Helmet]
[5% Damage Reduction, x1.2 HP]
[Charging Shield]
[10% Damage Reduction, +3 STR When Attacking]
[You get 150 XP]
I quickly put the new items on, just in time for Crusader to kick the door down with one move.
"WHAT MANNER OF HERESY IS THIS?"
[New Quest! Fight To Live!]
[Defeat Crusader]
[Rewards: 500 XP]
I bashed my mace into the shield repeatedly, goading the Crusader into attacking me. The Crusader fell for it and charged at me. I deflected his sword with my shield and bashed my mace against his bucket helmed head with Hardened Strike.
[Through action you have gained a new skill!]
[Deflect Lvl1]
[Redirect an attack using a shield or weapon. 75% Effective without using a shield]
[CRITICAL -216 HP]
My eyes bugged out at the sheer amount of damage I dealt. So enamoured was I at the fact that LUK did in fact let me do critical hits that the Crusader managed to recover and brought his sword down to my shoulder.
[-96 HP]
With all my might I powered through his attack and bashed the Crusader's arm with another Hardened Strike. I heard the sound of something breaking.
[-18 HP]
I attacked with renewed ferocity bringing my mace down again and again and again, as long as I didn't mess up I could do this. I could win, I could live!
The clash of bone and steel continued for many more minutes. The Crusader and I trading blows and blocks. Sword meeting shield, mace meeting armour. At some point I had somehow equipped the Staff of Nature to keep myself healthy until finally…
[Quest Complete!]
[You get 500 XP]
[Item get! Crusader Plate Steel x10]
I hefted my now broken mace, as I had expected since I was using bone against steel with excessive force, and decided that now would be a good time to use ID Escape. Then I remembered something and approached the thankfully untouched.
"Break Down."
[Item Destroyed! You get Wood Chunk x15, Cloth x10]
I was going to use this for a bed tonight.
"ID Escape."
Next time on TSIAD
[Jaune Arc Lvl4]
[HP 1040/1040]
[AP 15000/15000]
"Bullshiiiiiiit."
"…What?"
"Oh nothing, just talking to the voices in my head."
Euca at the end of the chapter.
[Euca Vinmoor]
[Level:12]
[Class: Merchant]
[HP:299/299]
[AP:1980]
[STR:19+5]
[VIT:15+4]
[DEX:10+5]
[AGI:10+1]
[INT:10+1+5]
[LUK:26+2]
[EXP: 830/1200]
[Points:0]
[Lien: 1954]
[Skills]
[Gamer's Mind MAX]
[Gamer's Body Max]
[Observe Lvl4]
[Sprint Lvl8]
[Open Store Max]
[Hardened Strike Lvl4]
[Break Down]
[Item Crafting Lvl5]
[ID Create]
[ID Escape]
[Deflect Lvl2]
[Equipment]
[Heavy Helmet]
[Empty]
[Heavy Platemail]
[Empty]
[Empty][Empty]
[Common Pants]
[Common Shoes]
[Bone Cruncher Mace (Broken)]
[Treasured Coin]
[Charging Shield]
[Staff Of Nature]
[Inventory]
[Bigger Stone]
[Wood Chunk x19]
[Crystal Shard x15]
[Metal Scrap x22]
[Cloth x10]