“...So I can deal like 4 damage per hit... Sigh. Whatever. Let's just leave. Should I tell this ‘Roger’ that you can get spawn camped by monsters in here?”

  “I’ll just send a note, so I have at least told them about it. Let’s go hunt bunnies or something. They should be easier to kill now that i have almost 100 agility points. By the way. Status.”

  Stats:

  Attributes:

  Titles:

  Items:

  Skills

  “So much blue. Can you compress it?”

  “Much better. I should not have any problems with the beginner mobs in the outskirts of the village… What does ‘Dash’ Do?”

  “Ok. Let’s go hunt… beginner monsters?”

  ‘What kind of mobs are even around Aster?’

  As Fred walked towards the gates, he saw nothing of interest. Just a bunch of people trying to sell things to each other for prices that sound ridiculous.

  ‘Who would buy one loaf of bread for 4 thousand balls of amber? Especially when a sword apparently only costs 50 in a store.’

  Upon reaching the gates he was stopped by two soldiers guarding the gate.

  “Status please.”

  “You mean my status?”

  “Of course I mean your status, what are you, an idiot or something. Just show me your status.”

  “...Show status to guard.”

  “See, that wasn’t so hard. You can now exit the city.”

  “...I had forgotten that…” ‘How embarrassing!’

  ‘I guess I just have to go back to the Agility course.’

  “Teleport Work”

  “I see that you have returned. How did your adventure beyond the walls of the city go?”

  “They went nowhere. I might as well train some more in here.”

  “What course would you like to participate in then?”

  “...I can’t remember the options. Can I see the menu again”

  “It has been less than two hours since you last saw the menu and you have already forgotten.”

  “It’s just that a lot has happened since then.” ‘Like me getting killed 3390 times in a row’

  “Sure. Here is the menu”

  ‘I’ll go with the Employee course again. The only reason it went crazy last time was because I set the difficulty to high’

  “Ok, thanks. See you in about an hour then Isoide.”

  “I shall see to it. As you still haven’t begun to perform your duties as an instructor of the Agility course.”

  “Sure.”

  As Fred walked through the hallway, as he did before, he once again stopped by the portrait. The frame, with its light golden colour, led the focus of the eyes to it and the design of it further led the eyes towards the center. The lines in the picture was drawing the sight to the face of the character and with the warm colours it looked like…

  ‘This is ridiculous. What is with this painting?’ “Info: painting!”

  “Whatever!”’

  “Yes. Set the difficulty to 1E.”

  “Yes. Let’s go for real this time.”

  “OH! A real monster. Info: Angry Chicken Hunter”

  “What! You can be killed when watching the menu? ..Of course you can. Me opening a status screen when I’m clearly visible is not the brightest thing I’ve done today… Crap! I forgot to equip my sword. Equipt Sword!”

  “Yes!”

  “Fu! AAHH!”

  “NO! These damned popups are everywhere. Remove them!”

  All at once the popups disappeared and gave Fred a clear view of his opponent, the small ferret like animal hissing as he entered what he thought to be a better position with his sword. The Hunter, waiting for an opening to appear, so as to minimize its risk of getting hurt by the now equipped sword.

  Fred knew that he needed to hit the monster thrice to kill it.

  And as such the battle began. Fred started with a dash straight towards the Hunter. Piercing it. The battle is over. Fred has won.

  “...This is ridiculous… Is it the agility? Info:Agility.”

  “...I forgot to check the other skills? Info:First strike, Swift strike.”

  “..Oh.”