Standing outside of the town gate, I paused to get a feel for the area. The town is built on a hill they flattened, so it's has a nice view range. Even I can see the clearing which they cut the tree line to. Here is a wide man made grass land surrounded by forest and mountains.
The monsters that I can see are Brown Chipmunks and a few Mountain Coyotes. They Have light red names above their heads to indicate that they are open game. Which works fine. ‘Looks like easy prey. they will be good to practice on.’
Looking at the Chipmunks that are the same size as me.They should make for fast and sporadic targets. ‘There pelts might make for some small change.’
They Were not as fast as I am, but they have good Strafing movements which proved to be a pain for me. One even threw rocks at me as I charged past it. ‘No one gets away from my horn of justice!’ After fighting with three of them I was somewhat low on HP and had to find a spot to rest in.
Now that I have Hera’s blessing I can see my health and energy level to my top left. Stamina is also there but shows as a % instead of a bar with numbers. It's a bit weird to have this tell me how healthy I am, but it's a tool to use so I'm glad to have it.
After resting I fought a few more Chipmunks till their movements were no problem. Then I went to fight the Coyotes, and they are no different from the Fox's really. ‘Feel my wrath, you grey doggies!’
There are a few players watching my sad fighting style, but I'm used to ignoring people so they are no different from air to me.
The entire day went by and I gained a few levels. Then returned to my hole under the tree. Thinking on how I improved on my fighting style. I felt somewhat satisfied. ‘Without having to worry about death this is a lot easier.’ Then I quickly fell asleep.
The next day I found that their were Raccoon's hiding in the trees near the edge of the field. After a Quick sneak attack i got in, one was killed and was able to injure another one, but was surrounded and had to make a break for it. Being outnumbered as a horned rabbit is far scarier then I would have though. perhaps it's instinct.
When I was fighting as a human it was easy to make use of the surroundings or just pummeled them but this form only seems to hinder me.
After thinking about it, speed was my best weapon, so I chose to use it with hit and run tactics (after resting of course). This worked out well for me, and with this I seemed to be picking up more exp then compared to the Chipmunk or Coyote.
Anything I killed was looted for future use, or till Amelia comes back so she can sell these. I don't trust anyone else for some reason. ‘Come to think of it, I can't remember the last female friend I had… I don't think I ever had one really.’ It's a sad truth, but I only ever got looks of disdain from them, or even a bit of fear and disgust. Being a rabbit seems to cover whatever I was missing.
This day went the same as the Previous one did: kill, loot, feed and attempt new tricks. Also a few people just watched me battle and I heard one of them saying something about uploading a video… Anyway I went to bed and looked at my stats before returning to dream land.
Then next day I went back to the grind, and it only took about an hour or so for me to get a small pop up saying Amelia logged in. So I went to go check out the last location where she was. Seems they were heading out because I meet them at the gate.
“Hey Little guy, how's it going?” bowl head asked. followed by Amelia picking me up and hugging me. ‘Errr this feels a bit wrong.’ I think I'm never going to get used to being handled like this. “I missed you little guy.”
After being told how hard their day was, I felt the urge to swat them but I left it. I quickly tried to invite them but got the message they were already in a party. But after seeing that they invited me, and I was ready to go get some real exp.
Turned out that a classmate is a few towns away, and that they wanted to meet up with him. So I tagged along for the journey. We left right away, and followed the road.
Killing was far more efficient now, but there were less monsters on the road. Goblins, Snakes, Raccoon's and Coyotes were the monsters we encountered. For me they were a lot better exp but for those too it was slower, no doubt do to the three man group. Turns out that if I was a pet only a Quarter of my owners exp would be fed to me.
Also it seems that the experience points need to level a human is by far more than what it takes for me, but that makes sense since I'm a weak monster.
It took almost the entire day to get to the next town, and it looked a lot smaller than the last one. It did not take to long for me to be spotted by some people and I got rushed because of my cuteness.
This time I had no patience, and kicked a all too touchy kid. He fell on his ass, and my point was put across.
Although; I almost ended up dead, from when a old man saw that; however, I had two people to stop him and apologize. Not that I feel bad about it. How would you like to have a someone rub you so hard it hurt. Anyway I got a popup about a kick skill. So it felt l completely worth it.
After resting the night we sold what we were carrying including my loot. Amelia was surprised about the trade screen with me on the other end but she understood it. But she's been looking at me funny since I wanted the money from the sold loot. ‘Hey even I want to buy something at some point… Don’t know when though.’
We stayed at an inn for the night. ‘Oya don't use me as a hugging pillow.’ Amelia had me sleep at the foot of her bed but somehow I ended up in her vice grip. ‘It's a good thing I get along with you… otherwise I'd bite some flesh off.’
We left shortly after. From what these two are saying the next town is the centre point for a few off the grid towns. thus it has good trade, and is far larger than the two from before. It's called ‘Whitemere’ and has the Adventurers guild as well as a dedicated training centre. Both seem to be important. I'm glad Amelia is also a Noob so I can learn these things.
Well I do know abit about the training halls, but a guild is far more impressive and the it is the easiest way to pick up quests. After all, for a NPC to normally give you quests, they would have to trust you a fair bit, but since most players move from place to place, it's simpler to just go to the guild.
It seems these two plan to play for four days in game. 24 hours on earth. That's definitely not good for their health, but even if I could tell them to smarten up, it's not my business.
By the time It was dark we saw Whitemere in the distance, all lit up and huge. The walls are about 5 stories high and there are even taller buildings peeking over it. compared to modern houses that not to tall, but with the style and building techniques that this world has, this is impressive. The two towns before only had a few two story buildings.
“Whoa so beautiful! This is the place where I'll learn magic huh. By the way, why did you tell me to start at Melmora instead of here Rexus?” Amelia asked.
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“I started here so I found out the hard way. This place has a lot to offer, but there are just too many people around, and the crime rate here is horrible. I was mugged by players twice when I first started out.” Rexus pauses to sigh. “Besides; with so many people around, the weak monsters are killed early each day. There you have to wait till the next day for them to repopulate. it's hard to get yourself going here.”
‘Makes sense, with so little beasts to go around to players it's hard to make a living. unless you work for shops or pick up a trade to work in…’ thinking back on what I heard about trade class’s, not to many people seem to want those.
Only a few battle skills are given for leveling those class's up, and the only way to stand above the rest is to level though work and not killing. More you work the more your skills level and the better your product. It's hard in a completely different way because of this. Still you can work in this world, and use some knowledge from here on earth so some people chose this path, or are just hobbyists.
“Okay so I'm level 9 now. So what does having 8 levels advantage mean here.” Amelia asks.
“It means you can go farther into the hills and even hit some abandoned mines if you want to push it. But before you do that let's get you a mage class. Not to sure on what types of classes they have here.”
After hearing that Amelia jumps up and is about to hug Rexus but stops before contact. “Ah right let's get going then!” She says. Rexus had a bit of expectation on his face but after she stopped he looked somewhat sad.
“Alright then, lets get going and find a cheap place to stay.” He said in a casual tone.
It took ten minutes of jogging to get to the east gate. Once we got to the gate we were questioned by the guard for coming so late, as well as for having an unusual pet… ‘Oh how I want to send you flying.’
We ended up being told where to find a cheap inn, and were warned about a few groups that kept causing problems at night lately.
“Alright lets get to bed” Rexus called to us.
“Right! Then first thing come morning, I go get my class!” Amelia replies.
‘Well.. maybe I should buy a collar to stop people from having to make sure that I'm not wild… I might be a little aggressive though.’ I can't help, but add in my head.
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The next day.
‘Wow this place is packed. I really shouldn't be in crowds. Makes me edgy.’ Currently I’m being held and am seeing the packed street from the alleyway.
“Alright lets head on to the north part of town. The guild, training centre as well as any shops that are aimed at adventures are in that area.”
“Cant we find a quieter way there. This road is too busy.” Amelia states.
‘So we finally agree on something.’ My thoughts matched hers completely.
“Back alleys are more dangerous then compared to this, so it's not happening.” he replies.
‘Wow you really are afraid of this (what if) situation. it's daylight now bub we should be good.’ I can't help but look down on his cowardliness.
Regardless of our opinions, we make way though the street, and finally make it to the training hall. ‘ I'm glad she held on to me tightly, because I felt like biting a few people. They have the nerve to look at me like that… Those bastards.’
Entering we head straight to the front desk, and are directed to the third floor. The floor is split in half with one part target and practice while the other has a small library and a few classrooms for the mage trainers.
This place has 4 mage classes to chose from. They are air, water, earth and Gale. Although to get the gale training you have to be approved by the head mage. He will only train those who read about 50 different books that explain and compare wind, water as well as some ice. Those books were no flimsy things and had many diagrams as well, as theories. To put it blankly Amelia’s reaction was simple ecstasy. ‘She seems to be the reading type.’
Taking the other three jobs is as simple as taking one class under a teacher then standing in a magic circle to obtain the class. Which is way simpler. I’m thinking that the class's must be some sort of safety measure. Since the circle is what gives the class.
‘Being a mage sounds like a pain. No way I'd waste time on that.’
Since we were waiting for their classmate to get here in Whitemere, she felt no need to wait and jumped right into the books. While me and Rexus left to check out the other class’s. On the floors below.
This place has all the basic melee and bow class’s. The more specialized classes available were Tamer and Frozen Spear-man. The Frozen Spear-man’s master has been here for over a year in-game thanks to a secret quest someone completed.
Rexus then checked in with his master for pointers. A basic Swordsman.
“Hey rabbit, I want to go try out some skills my master told me about. Wanna see if I can unlock them? Also want to come with me and hunt some goblins?”
‘Damn right I do! I want to get stronger already.’ So I start shaking my head up and down violently.
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‘Well this looks fun. Its like a rave party for goblins.’
We are now inside a mine looking down into a large room, filled to the brim with partying goblins. Lucky for me and Rexus we are not alone here. We meet two people while going down the cave tunnel. One of them is a tamer that uses a bow, and has a falcon as a pet, along with a cleric from the church a NPC more specifically. ‘That's right! as if I would count a stupid bird that only does as it's told...’
“Okay we confirmed the report that you told us about. So lets head back to get the proper reinforcements needed to clean these guys up.” The Cleric says to the Tamer.
‘Wait you want to leave this great pile of exp here? If we fight them on the pathway up to here we could fight them off easy… Just push them off the side and have them fall to there deaths.’ I was a little pissed off.
“Right I told you so I hope this proves just how faithful I am to you and your god. If I told the army they would certainly take this as an opportunity to strengthen their forces here.” He replies.
‘Sounds like there is some problems between you and them, but screw all that.’ I felt angry looking at those goblins. The thought of them laughing at my near death experience has left a bad image, and a lot of resentment.
“Alright then we’ll leave. this is just too big. This will be my first raid, and with the forces of the church even death won't scare me.” Rexus seemed excited at thought.
‘Coward… But you are right. This is too much for us. If I was human I’d would lure them up here, and kick them down to their deaths. Alas that is impossible for these cowards, and I'm in no condition to do it myself.’ I sighed with my rabbit voice.
‘Well I'll just participate alongside Rexus. Maybe even get all the exp needed to evolve. Right now I'm level 89… so close.’ I cant help but think as we leave.
On the way back we kill a few bats and some Coyotes but I don't level from them. Soon we reach the gates and we split up.
While walking along the road Rexus ends up freezing up. “Dammit he’s here.” He says in low voice.
Looking ahead I see a blond teen with somewhat short hair in full silver armor. Looking at his face it gives off a jock like feeling, But his expression looks gentle… He also has a white cloth over his chest bearing Latherus’s sign. ‘That's the church of light symbol. Is he a Paladin?’ Latherus is a god of light that protects the weak or so I head. It's the most widespread church.
The blond boy notices Rexus and raises his hand to wave. “Rex how's it hanging?!” however as he finished saying that he trips on his own foot. “Ouch… Why... I was just saying hi…” I felt like something was off about him.
“Hello Sam” Rexus says as he gives him a hand up.
“Hey It's Armanto Here. and what's your identity here?” He asked. “it's Rexus.”
