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2024-10-29 19:42:56Mike looked around the Workshop like a child in the toy store, he was too excited to see the medieval type machines lying all around. he recognized many of the machines present as he named them one after the other.
Screwdriver Set made of Iron.
Hammer with an iron head and wood hand.
Tape Measure made of cloth.
Pliers.
Utility Knives and Extra Blades.
Adjustable Wrenches with were made of wood.
Level.
Straight edge.
Square.
flashlight with some kind of blue stone attached to it.
file.
Mechanical googles.
A weird-looking power drill.
Circular saw.
metal pieces.
clamps.
pry bar.
a bunch of wire.
gears.
wire cutter.
"Whaoooo.....", all of them were basic tools but he was beyond happy seeing all these tools after his three months of being fired.
And every time he recognized a tool he also got a system message saying.
<You have recognized basic tool 'Primitive screwdriver'>
<You have gained 5 exp>
<You have recognized basic tool 'Primitive tape measure>
<You have gained 5 exp>
<You have recognized basic tool 'Mana stone powered torch'>
<You have gained 5 exp>
.
.
.
Ding!
<You have leveled up to lv.1>
.
.
.
Ding!
<You have leveled up to lv.2>
Was leveling up this easy! He was leveled up 2 times in just a minute!
It was because normally, the NPC Engineers in the workshop will not allow the players inside their workshop but this Oldman was odd, as he dragged Mike there himself.
But currently, Mike was not giving that any attention as he looked towards the Oldman with sparkling eyes.
"Huhuhu, you seem quite knowledgeable about basic things, let me introduce myself first I am Baldemar, I am an intermediate Engineer"
Only now did Mike notice that there was a word 'Baldemar' on his head written in blue color.
It seemed as the NPCs were represented by blue words.
And as for his knowledge of basic tools, what a Joke! if he was to reveal all his knowledge, the Oldman would collapse on the ground with shock.
Well anyway, it seemed like there were different tiers even in professions such as beginner, intermediate and advanced.
"Hello sir, my name is Mike", He got his name correct this time and he politely bowed in front of the Oldman without any arrogance.
"Hahaha, You sure are a polite one for being an Outsider, aren't you?", The Oldman laughed heartfully seeing Mike bow down in respect.
Outsiders.
That's what the NPCs referred to the players as, since in their view Players were someone who came from a different world.
And their view of players was generally bad as the players didn't treat the NPCs that well, even tough it is true that they got their own AI, Players just treated them like a pile of data.
It was a normal action fron players since they thought them as virtual beings, and when they know that all of the NPCs were just a pile of data, it became a bit odd for players to treat the as normal people.
That’s why the Old man was surprised at Mike’s polite behaviour or maybe he was a bit happy to find a polite one among the Outsiders.
'Outsider, huh? it's a bit offending to hear that' Mike thought as the word seemed a bit offending like the game was separating the NPCs from Players by building a wall between them.
"There look at those, they were all damaged products, you may work with them if you wish until you gain a proper profession and I will be off since I have to do my 'Parttime job' " The Oldman shoved him a pile of trash and walked towards the door.
"And one more thing, don't touch any of the machines here, it would cost more than 10 gold for each. so, be curious at your own risk, hahaha"
He laughingly warned Mike as he went out for good.
Mike who was now alone in the Workshop looked all around the workshop, he wanted to go look at how the machines worked since they were all powered by mana, not electricity but he was too afraid, reminding the warning of the Oldman.
'10 gold!!' with the current exchange rate it was 50 silver per 1$ so it would be 20$ if he messed up anything.
'I better stay away from them' He thought as he turned his head to look at the pile of trash.
There were large 3 inches of damaged pipes, rubbers, metal chines some gears, and many other things most of them were either damaged or faulty at their functions.
'I can't build anything advanced now' By looking at the Workshop he knew that building something like a robot has a long way to go.
'What could I build now, with these?'
He wanted to make something as his hands were twitching by not doing any work for three months.
And oddly he was reminded of the image of a young kid pulling up the water...!!
'I could do that!!' Seems like the unemployed Engineer got a good idea.
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----Level 135 dungeon: The Hideout of fallen Witch----
In the dark cave filled with bats and bugs, two individuals were fighting off the weird-looking monsters. One seemed to be at the age of 16 wearing the outfit of a typical knight, A sword in his hand, and a study armor with another female who seemed slightly older with a magician outfit.
They were massacring all the monsters that came their way.
The boy who was tanking the monsters that came their way with a huge shield as he asked the girl,
"Unnie, when will you tell Ahjusis that we are playing 'Genesis'"
The girl seemed to pounder as she answered.
"Maybe never! you know how he is, always telling us to study or do other productive jobs. If we say we are playing the game in PC café then he would run here and drag us home, he may even force them to shut their shop for good"
"That's right! but even then...."
He sulked as he slashed off the weird-looking monster which looked to be a bread between a troll and orc.
"If you want you can tell him. but if you drag me into the matter with you, then you know...hehe...you are dead!", She motioned her thumb finger on her neck as she said that.
"heok! of course, I won't!"
They hurried their way into the dungeon deeper. their names were visible above their head as they continued to slaughter the monsters.
<Richard>
<Sylvia>
If any people from the game were to see the names they would sure be surprised since everyone in the game would have probably heard of them at least once.
The Lionheart, Richard( unified rank - 23) and
The mad mage, Sylvia (Unified rank - 15)
The duo that was the face of the super guild, 'Chaos'.
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