Icicle Rabbits

Stepping out of the village, Fotas noticed two guards standing at the gate of the village. They were both level twenty. On them was a great sword and a bow, a thick fur coat draped upon their back. A fur hood covered their heads with only their eyes poking out. Fotas also noticed that some of the wood beams making up the gate had inscriptions on them. Asking one of the guards what it was, in which they responded with that it was for deflecting off monsters.

Little Abby added, "My great grandfather carved those runes, so they're really, really, really old."

What Little Abby said seemed to be true. The wood with the carvings on was way older than other beams.

"Why don't they just carve out new ones?"

"Only someone who knows about the runes can carve them. I think my father has a book about them, but no one knows how to use them. I think they apply some mixture to the wood to make it last longer."

Foras kept his mouth shut rather than ask some more questions. He had a feeling that this was going to be another side quest. It was evident that there was a probably a hidden class or job like rune…carver…something, or a hidden skill involving these runes.

'If there are more clues about this rune carving then maybe I'll check it out later. I don't even know if a rune carver will be a good class for me, especially with my Forte.'

Leaving little Abby at the gate, Fotas marches deeper into the forest. After exiting from the village and walking towards the woods, Fotas finally encountered his first monster after 5 minutes.

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[Icicle Rabbit]

[Level]: 1

[Rank]: Common

[Health]: 50

[Mana]: 20

[Skills]:

Icicle*

Hoard*

[Weak point]: Abdomen, Neck

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'Hmmm, so the [Foodie] skill is working just fine. It seems like the monster has only 50 HP. This shouldn't be that hard.'

Grabbing out his spear and shield, he readied himself.

'Let's test my movement and positioning first to see how my body reacts in this game.'

Attempting to run towards the rabbit, he thrust out the spear in an attempt to pierce his target. Except he was extremely slow. Moving through the snow and thrusting the spear took approximately 10 seconds. It looks like he was trying to make a dramatic entrance than actually hitting the rabbit.

The spear pushed passed the rabbits head and struck the snow behind it. Below the spear, the rabbit looked at Fotas with a menacing glint in its eyes.

"Oh shi-" before being able to finish his sentence, Fotas was impaled.

The rabbit pushed forward with the Icicle on top of its head and penetrated his stomach.

-32

[Due to Endurance +10 defense]

-22

Still dazed by being struck Fotas glances at the notification in front of him. Quickly pulling up his HP meter, he checked it to make sure his eyes weren't deceiving him.

[HP]: 278/300

'So Defense decreases the total damage I take! That means if I guarded with my shield, then that's an additional +5 Defense. It could also block the damage due to it hitting the shield and not me. Also, even though I only feel 10% of the damage, it still stings a bit.'

Cursing at his slow reaction and clumsy hands, he closed the notification. While still thinking of all the information in his head, the rabbit was still dangling on his body. Its horn was stuck so far into Fotas's fat that it couldn't do anything else after impaling him. Using all of its leg power, the rabbit tried to pull itself out of Fotas's stomach.

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[New Skill]: <Suction Body>

[Passive]

[Novice 0/100% Proficiency]

Whenever sharp objects impale you, they will become stuck in your body. People/ Monsters will find it hard to remove their weapons from your body. Slash attacks now, however, will deal more damage to you. Skill gained from [Fatso] Forte.

+10% Piercing Resistance

-10% Slash Resistance

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Laughing at himself internally, Fotas have the notification a wry smile.

'I don't know if I should be happy that I got a new skill, or sad that I got it due to my fatness.'

Feeling a tug from his stomach, he looked back down at the rabbit. It was still trying to pull itself out of his belly.

'Now that I think of it, the system said that it's the weak point is its neck.'

Adjusting his spear so that the spear edge is closer to his hands, he jabbed down towards the neck of the rabbit.

[You hit the weak point of Icicle Rabbit!]

-25

Immediately half of the rabbits' health disappeared. Fotas was stunned still of the absurd damage that he dealt in one hit.

'Holy! I did half of the rabbit's health at level 1. What would've taken me five strikes to kill the rabbit now only takes 2! This Forte isn't that bad after all.

Suddenly a blue glow started to appear at his navel. Glancing down at the rabbit, he saw that it began to glow blue. To be exact, its head started to glow, right at the base of the horn. Slowly it got brighter and brighter.

"Wait that doesn't look good, maybe I should pull it o-"

Before Fotas could finish his sentence, the blue glow exploded. A piercing sting could be felt in his stomach. A chill slowly crept out from his navel. Notifications started to ping around him, telling him what happened.

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You have received critical damage from Icicle rabbit's <Icicle>

- 100

A chilled effect has been applied on to you

A lacerate effect has been applied on to you

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[Chilled]: 20% decrease in action speed

[Lacerate]: - 5 HP every seconds for 10 seconds

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Rolling to his feet, Fotas quickly checked his health.

[HP]: 178/300

- 5

Hearing another damage tick, Fotas turned back to look at his health again. Steadily Fotas's health points started to drain away. A series of 5's slowly started to floated around him, filling up his entire view.

'Shit no time to be distracted I have to focus on the monster!'

Readying his spear again, he saw the rabbit standing 2 meters away from him. It was huffing for breath and was hobbling on one leg. The most not I learned a thing about the rabbit was its horn, well more like the lack of a horn. On top of its head was a bloody patch, a circle of red was the only thing left of the horn.

The rabbit eyes quickly became redder; the more it looked at Fotas. It then stood still on its hind legs and let out a raspy screech.

'Fuck that doesn't sound good, I got to kill it quickly before anything else happens.'

Striking forward quickly, Fotas put his entire weight behind his spear to make it go faster. The spear flew through the air straight at the rabbit. Although the spear was quickly reaching the rabbit, it paid the spear no mind and continued screeching. Soon the spear struck true and hit the abdomen of the rabbit.

[You hit the weak point of Icicle Rabbit!]

-75

[Congratulations you have killed the Icicle Rabbit]

+ 10 EXP

[You killed your first monster successfully even though you struggled]

+ 50 EXP

[You gained a rabbit pelt]

[You gained the skill <Desperate Strike>]

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[New Skill]: <Desperate Strike>

[Active/Passive]

[Novice: 0/100% Proficiency]

Due to your fear of losing to a rabbit you have mustered up courage within you and unleashed a strike containing all of your power within.

+ 50% Critical Chance

+100% Critical Damage

Gains debuff <Extreme Exhaustion> after using this skill

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<Extreme Exhaustion>

Unable to move the body for 3 minutes

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A bunch of notifications rang at his ear, but he ignored it. Sprawling in the snow, Fotas let his body relax. A tired but satisfied look was plastered upon his face.

'Whew, that was a difficult fight. But this was thrilling the combat, the monster, and even the whole atmosphere made this an exciting experience!'

Still laughing to himself about his first victory, Fotas was too tired to notice a crowd of rabbits rushing at him. Rushing from within the forest, a dozen rabbits soon saw the player laying down and charged at him. Fotas sat up and turned to the forest. With one swoop, the field of white furballs bristled, and their eyes turned red as if someone set the landscape ablaze. <Lvl. 3 Icicle Rabbit>, <Lvl. 4 Icicle Rabbit>, <Lvl. 5 Icicle Rabbit>. All of them turned red! Their cute rabbit faces turned to the expression of a fat kid who got his cake stolen. All the Rabbits charging at Fotas were looking at him as if he was on the menu.

Trying to get up and run away Fotas quickly was stopped, a notification filled up his screen.

[You are currently <Extremely Exhausted> unable to move for 0:2:30]

'Goddamit, I forgot about this debuff!'

The raging furballs hurled themselves at Fotas, their mouths frothing, fangs bared, angry eyes piercing through me. Their icicle spears pierced multiple holes on Fotas's body. His health emptied, and he started disappearing. One more thought crossed his mind before he died.

'Little Fuckers I'll get you back next time!'

[You have died]

[Respawn in 30 seconds]