Once every few months, players were granted a brief respite from the game. "Logout!" Wesley shouted, and in an instant, the screen flashed and darkness enveloped him. Gradually, light seeped back into his vision. "Ahh, I’m starving," he muttered, removing his helmet and placing it on a nearby desk. After a quick shower, Wesley changed into a black and red tracksuit, laced up his shoes, and retrieved a key from his desk drawer before leaving his apartment.Descending the stairs, Wesley checked his watch; it was still over an hour until six in the evening. He jogged to a nearby children’s park adorned with various heights of monkey bars, from the shortest just a meter off the ground to taller ones progressively higher.Arriving at the now-empty park, Wesley stretched and jumped a few times. "Let’s see if my body can keep up," he muttered, fists poised like a boxer beneath his nose.Launching forward, Wesley arched under the first monkey bar, then the second, the third, and... misjudged
Wesley and Shaw were nearing Shaw's village. As they approached, Wesley saw the village was encircled by a wooden wall made from logs with sharpened tips. Two guards holding spears stood at the gate, and the sound of metal clashing grew louder as they got closer."We’re here!" Shaw announced as they approached the gate. The gate opened, and Shaw greeted the guards as they passed.Inside, Wesley saw rows of small houses and shops, the tallest being only two floors, all made from logs like cabins. NPCs bustled around the village, greeting Shaw and curiously sizing up Wesley. These NPCs ranged in level from 190 to 220. He also noticed players running around, some solo, others in teams of two or three, engaged in various quests."This is the mining village of Scone," Shaw began, "We are all believers of God Ignealer, the lord of flames. Our village houses most of the craftsmen and blacksmiths in the kingdom."Before long, they parted ways. Wesley learned that the Redevir Kingdom, though s
Wesley activated Stealth and drew his dagger, sneaking up on the nearest goblin. He appeared behind it like a shadow, his eyes cold and focused. With one hand, he covered the goblin's mouth, and with the other, he stabbed it repeatedly in the neck and shoulders.One thing Wesley liked about this game was being able to attack without using special skills. It felt more real. The downside was that his damage depended on his attributes, passive skills, and weapon, making his attacks weaker without skills. Still, it was enough. The goblin struggled wildly but couldn't break free.In its panic, the goblin kicked a small rock that hit one of its companions. Seeing its comrade flailing with a human's hand over its mouth, the second goblin growled in anger. The noise also alerted a third goblin, and both charged at Wesley with rusty swords.Ignoring the items scattered from the dead goblin, Wesley backed away until he hit a wall. The two goblins slashed at him clumsily, but he rolled to the si
Wesley started mining again after killing the group of goblins and hobgoblins occupying the space where he arrived at and the area he’s at have wheelbarrows and pickaxes lying around."Nice!" Wesley exclaimed as he picked up his seventeenth Chrondium ore, and immediately put it inside his storage space and continued mining, as he struck down hard at the rock walls, revealing other common ores that can be found inside which he immediately threw inside his storage space.As he plans to sell them later at either to the blacksmith NPCs or at the Server Auction, also known to the players as the Item Trading site."I wonder how much I can sell these ores for?" Wesley mumbled as he continued mining, and while doing that, he didn’t even notice that an Fighter is sneaking up from behind him.’This idiot, who uses a cloak while mining for ores?’ the unknown level 290 Fighter criticized Wesley inside his mind, and at the same time, and even with the questions marks above Wesley, this unknown Fig
Notice: You have received a quest to mine special minerals from Master Grogi. Will you accept? "Yes." Wesley just reluctantly accepted, at least he could immediately level up his Mining Skills. "Let’s start" Wesley muttered, as he once again started his boring and arduous task of mining for ores. This time though, Wesley felt that his speed has increased as the pickaxe seems to be able to penetrate the rock wall a bit more smoothly than before when he didn’t have the Beginner Mining skill. Wesley is digging up ore after ore, it was because this area that they are at is actually a newly discovered ore deposit and he was lucky enough that he was brought here by the kind people of Scone Village. And at the same time, he was also happy that he could at least get some Exp. Points for every successful ore that he digs up! Wesley dug up one more ore before he logged off, his disappearance didn’t even elicit surprised or suspicions from the nearby NPCs, as they acted like Wesley didn’
"W-who... Are... You?" the Berserker fell down and vanished in a flash of light. He dropped his gear and some coins, just like his two friends who died earlier.Wesley quickly picked up their stuff and stored it away. "Seriously, there are already players with red names in the game," he said, shaking his head. He didn’t expect to be jumped by three level 200 players inside the mine so soon."Haa~ I should thank them though. Dylan's been bugging me for items lately," Wesley said casually.He wasn’t upset about the ambush; he figured the trio were now regretting their choices and missing out on their lost gear.Meanwhile..."Dammit! How did we run into that guy!?" A man cursed, punching a nearby tree trunk in frustration. His two friends could only give him helpless smiles in response."His attacks are really something...it's like he's fighting in the real world," remarked one of the players."Yeah...I doubt anyone in the Player Rankings could pull off what he just did," another re
"That guy got surrounded by hobgoblins in the mines and was chased around!" "Yeah, hilarious! He went in so confidently with just a shovel, and look how it turned out!" Wesley made his way to Midnight, the country's biggest pub. He scanned the room and spotted Master Grogi and the others who had accompanied him to the mines earlier. "Master Grogi," Wesley greeted respectfully upon reaching their table. Master Grogi and his companions had already noticed Wesley approaching in his black cloak, so they weren't surprised. "Tempest, have you finished the task I gave you?" Master Grogi asked, downing another beer and slamming his mug on the table. Bam! "Ah! Sit down, young lad!" Milles, another NPC, urged, gesturing to the only free seat beside him. Wesley took the seat without a word and faced Grogi, answering, "Not yet, Master Grogi. I still need five more to complete it." "I see," Grogi nodded understandingly. Then his expression turned sharp as he scrutinized Wesley and asked,
"Hmmp!" Baji snorted and walked ahead. "Please excuse him, he's always like that," John Thomas apologized to Wesley with a smile."No problem," Wesley replied, unfazed by Baji's behavior. If Baji caused trouble later, Wesley was prepared to deal with him accordingly."Arrogant jerk," Figg muttered"Stop!" "Wesley yelled, However the latter wouldn't listen as dozens of arrows shot out from both sides of the tunnel, turning Baji into a human poccupine. "I warned you not to go there!" Wesley shouted, feeling the urge to charge at him and end him right there.’Damn this idiot! Can't he read? There were signs clearly saying it's not the right way! What kind of reverse psychology nonsense did he fall for? Only a fool like him would believe there's treasure at the end of that tunnel!’Wesley wanted to curse him out for his stupidity, but held back. He remembered falling for similar tricks before, thinking there was treasure ahead, only to find a dead end swarming with hobgoblin monsters.