5 Wolves in disguise
With one bright white light shining into the sky, by the time Jan's vision was restored, he was already in a very small town.
He touched his own body and felt the existence of fabrics. It seems, that the VR technology was a lot more advance here, compared to his old world.
"You guys remember those good old days when this town was filled with babes but look now there's barely 50 people in here.
"I know right, this is outrageous. I'm going to protest! How dare they discriminate against us casual player."
"You two idiots, instead of standing here and complaining, why don't you two go and level up and reach the next city. Even for those people who can only log an hour a day, it'd only take them 10 days to go to the next area. I thought that the forums where overexaggerating about both of you, but I really can't believe that you two idiots have stayed in this beginner town for 9 and a half years!!!!"
"…"
Hearing the crowd's conversation, Jan began to laugh. When suddenly a notification pop up on his screen.
[Quest complete: Enter the Yggdrassil game
Rewards: Lottery function unlocked, Novice box ×1 ]
Jan clicked the Novice box
[Congrationlations you have received the Inventory function, the {Observe} skill and 3 lottery tickets]
"Alright, sweet!"
[New Quest: Reach level 100 on Yggdrasil before the servers shut down
Complete Reward: Shop system function]
"Not bad at all, now then let's check the lottery, Aws use up all my lottery chances" With excitement present on his voice. Jan watches the screen in front of him with anticipation, wondering what may be in store for him.
[You have won: (Super rare) Shadow Clone Jutsu, (Super rare) Shigure Soen Ryu and (common) Suit Outfit]
"Oooo Epic! Lets quickly observe these items shall we" Jan said pulling all the prizes out of his inventory.
{Observe}
[Shadow Clone Jutsu]
{This jutsu allows the user to create one or more copies of themselves. The user's chakra is evenly divided between themselves and their clones: creating one clone will give it half the user's chakra.}
[Shigure Soen Ryu]
{It is a sword technique that came from the anime world Reborn. This sword technique is usually referred to as the "Invincible Sword Style" for several reasons. As the technique was passed down, the more the tree grew. It is common for a generation to add a new form to the Shigure Soen.}
[Suit Outfit]
{A item that is considered a costume, can be worn on top of any gear and will automatically fit the user. This item does not provide any defence points}
"...Aws seeing as you are inside of the game, would it be safe to assume that I can use these skills in the game as well?"
[That is correct host, these items are now bound to your soul just like me.]
"Wahahaha, Aws better polish up that Geass for me, with the shadow clone on one hand and money in the other there's no way ill fail Ahahaaha!!!" Laughing hysterically in the middle of the street, Jan had failed to notice that he was now the target of everyone ridicule, completely overshadowing the two nameless idiots that we have been introduced to earlier.
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After finally calming down and ran-did a tactical retreat. He opening his bag and found a wooden sword the game system presented to him, and he took out the equipment.
He took a look at the stats of his equipment.
[Novice Wooden Sword: Attack 3-5]
[Novice Clothing: 5 Defense]
[Novice Sandals: 1 Defense]
"Eww poverty, no thanks I've already experienced that in my last life" Dumbfounded, Jan looked at the linen clothes on his body, the straw sandals, and the wooden sword. He quickly equipped his costume and went to find a place to level up, otherwise, there'd be more and more people.
The Novice's village is a closed town; before a player reaches level 10, it is absolutely impossible to leave it. There were a lot of players inside the confinement of the Novice Village who wanted to reach level 10 quickly and seize the opportunities to leave it.
Carrying a wooden sword, Jan was running while taking advantage of his Agility stat of 5. He ran all the way straight to the exit of the village and ran into an NPC with the word "Mayor" above his head.
A quest!
Jan suddenly stopped in his tracks, walked up to the Mayor, and talked to him.
"Hello Mayor, is there anything I can do for you?"
"Greetings brave Jan Smith Tian Long, welcome to number 420 Novice Village in the world of Midgard. I hope you can find your own path in the world of YGGDRASIL. Become strong, and continuously transcend to the very top!"
"Erm...ok, though this game had amazing ais..."
Discontented, he bid farewell to the Mayor. Really, there was no way it was that easy to receive a quest.
The moment he came out of the village, it was already overcrowded. The moment Giant Rats spawned, they didn't even have enough time to look around before a wooden sword would slash upon them, and countless of them died on the spot. How sad! Fortunately, the corpses of the slain animals would disappear quickly, otherwise, the ground would be littered with corpses and would really become a tragedy!
With players eyeing the ground waiting for the monsters to respawn, Jan suddenly lost interest. If he wanted to get out of the Novice Village quickly, engaging with Gian rats wasn't enough. If he wanted to level up quickly, naturally, he should go find high-level monsters to kill.
He walked away from the village, and naturally, the monsters there were stronger the further away from safe-zone. Even though most people may be able to go up against level 1 mobs, but for level 2 and higher, unless they were working together, it was near impossible. However, with Jan's sword skill and jutsu, he should be able to handle higher level monsters.
Stray Dog
Level : 2
Health : 10/10
Attack : 2
Walking further away from the village, were monsters called Stray Dog, and its Attack and Health was doubled in comparison to the level 1 rabbits and chickens. Thus, relatively fewer players came to this place, and most of them who did come were friends and formed a party together.
Although there were fewer people, there was still not enough monsters to go around. Since Jan didn't want to get in conflict with the people there, he sent them a sweeping glance and proceeded further.
Stepping into the Gray Wolf area, it didn't take long before he encountered a Gray Wolf the size of a calf.
Gray Wolf
Level: 5
Health: 30/30
Attack: 5
Defence: 3
Seeing the stats of the Wolf, Jan suddenly felt his perspiration streaming down his body. "What the hell is this? The monsters right before this place was a level 2, but it's level 5 here? Fuck me!"
Jan discovered the Wolf, naturally, the Wolf also discovered him. Jan originally thought it would be a level 3 monster. At the moment, the Wolf's gaze was fixated on him. Advancing was not an option, neither was a retreat. It was a very awkward moment! Compared to other monsters such as Giant rats, and Stray dogs, Wolves were very different, they took initiative to attack. When Gray Wolves finds a player, it will attack them.
"Damn, it's just a virtual wolf. And yet you wanna kill, this great me!? Absurd"
Seeing the Wolf lowering its forefoot and slightly lowering its head, assuming an attacking posture, Jan's mood suddenly turned sullen. Without any hesitation, he grabbed ahold of his Novice Wooden Sword in a two handed grip, with its blade pointing at the wolf, maybe due to the swordsmanship skill, he habitually gripped it as though he is familiar with it his whole life.
Perhaps because Jan also displayed an attacking posture, the Wolf suddenly got angry. With force from its rear leg, it quickly ran towards Jan.
"Frontal assault?"
In the end, a beast is still a beast! Without any intelligence, it was easy to deal with a low level monster.
There was a hint of a smile on Jan's lips. With the body of the Wolf fast approaching, his body dodged to the side, avoiding the teeth-bite attack, and the wooden sword in his hand struck its back ruthlessly.
"8th sword style Shinotsuku Ame (Pelting rain)! "
Critical Damage: -8
Yellow coloured damage numbers suddenly appeared, and Jan couldn't help but grin.
"Nice, that first attack was a critical hit, I really am awesome!"
Maybe because of the pain of being attacked, the Wolf turned and a pair of violet eyes looked straightly at Jan, bared its teeth and grinned, disgusting saliva flowed down from its teeth.
'Damn, isn't the extent of virtual realism of this thing too amazing? It feels like a real wolf.'
"Awooo…"
After a loud howl, theWolf attacked again. This time, its running speed was even faster than its first attack. Because Jan was surprised at how fast it was, he wasn't prepared for it, and the wolf's paw landed an attack on his shoulder.
– 37
Upon suffering an attack, his Health fell by almost a third.
/AN: Even though it says on the character sheet that he has 10 points in hp, I think the game multiplies it by 10 to get the health, so in reality he has 100 health points. Lemme know if you want his real hp or just the stat points/
Jan's golden eyes turned piercingly cold. According to the wolf's previous attack, it showed that it did not attack vital organs and weaknesses. At this moment, because of Jan's Defense, he shouldn't have received a lot of damage. However, because his level was lower, it resulted in him receiving 37 points of damage.
With slightly narrowed eyes, Jan looked straight at the Wolf, and the latter became somewhat timid because of the cold atmosphere
"Heh~, the game really was very realistic. The beast formed by data actually knew fear! Since it didn't dare to come over and launch another attack, then he'll go over there, kill it, and make it pay for baring its claws at him!"
Jan's eyes flashed, he bent his body slightly and rushed past the Wolf.
"Awooo…"
Due to Jan's imposing manner, the Wolf suffered a loss of morale. Seeing its enemy blatantly rushing towards it with a frontal attack, the Wolf howled, and with force from its rear legs, it jumped up and fiercely charged towards Jan.
'You're dead!'
Seeing the Wolf's body in the air, Rui let out a sneer.
"Shadow clone jutsu! 1st Sword style, Shajiku no Ame! (Axle of Rain)
A shadow clone was then summoned out to his right, forming a pincer like attalck on the charging wolf. With the Novice Wooden Sword in their hands, the two, man and shadow rushed beneath the Wolf's body, and its eyes showed a look of disbelief. A small flash appeared.
Quick, concise, a fast blow, it was all too sudden just like a random rainstorm devouring and propagating across the blue sky!
They accurately slitting the Wolf's throat. An instant kill move!
Critical Damage: -6
Critical Damage: -8
"Hmpf! Shows you whose badder"
When the Wolf landed, Jan snorted. In the end, this was still a game world, and everything was based on stats. Otherwise, at this moment, the wolf should have died! Nevertheless, by now, the outcome of the battle was already clear!
Taking advantage of the still active effects of shadow clone. Jan regained his balance and charged towards the Wolf. Around it, was a continuous a wave of attacks from the Novice Wooden Sword, finishing off the Wolf with its little remaining HP!
