3 1st Closed Beta (3)

<Name: Lumen

Level: 0

Title: None

Health: 100/100 Mana: 100/100

Strength: 10 Agility: 10 Stamina: 10

Willpower: 10 Intellect: 10

Remaining Stat Points: 0

Remaining Skill Points: 0

Traits: None >

"It looks similar!'

The status bar of Forgotten Legend was not that different from other MMORPGs that I played.

So, I was satisfied with that because this status bar, which I didn't see in the real world, clearly expressed my capabilities in specific stats such as strength, agility, and stamina.

So, if my stats increase, I will be stronger proportionately.

"Open inventory."

Since I was done with checking the status bar, I opened my inventory right away.

<Entry-level light club.

50 crumbly bread

50 soft drinks

1000 golden rings.>

The inventory had only four items including the sum of 1,000 golden rings whose monetary value I didn't know at all.

I took out the entry-level club that looked like a stick. It was too slim to be called a club.

"Confirm Item."

<Entry-level light club (general)

A light club that anyone can use easily.

Striking power increased by three times

Durability: 50/50 >

"So, I need to level up 5 times using this club, right? Then I should grow by mastering the skills that I want."

Since I had read some stuff on the homepage of Forgotten Legend before I accessed it, I immediately grabbed the club and moved to the training field where there was a scarecrow.

When I was about to move, I saw users participating in the same closed beta appearing around me. But I didn't care about them and moved quickly by lighting up the village map.

I kept wielding the entry-level club at the scarecrow. Just like the mole-catching game, I wielded it toward the red spots that appeared on the scarecrow. The more I struck those red spots, the quicker the red spots appeared and disappeared. Then I finally lost the red spots.

<You have hit the red spots seven times in a row. You have been rewarded with Additional EXP.>

Currently, the maximum number of consecutive hits I could achieve was seven or eight.

When I succeeded with such combos several times, I heard a message beeping.

<You have leveled up.>

<You have achieved Level 5. The EXP you can receive from attacking the scarecrow has decreased.>

<You can obtain skills since you have reached Level 5. Three initial skill points have been rewarded to you.>

A message appeared after I reached Level 5.

I stopped wielding the club upon reading the message because my original goal was to achieve Level 5.

Then I left the other users who were busy attacking the scarecrow and moved on to learn some skills.

'By the way, there are currently no restrictions because the status bar doesn't show any occupation section.'

Usually, there is something like an occupation in most MMORPGs that is decided at the start of the game.

For example, fighter, assassin, archer, wizard, shaman, etc.

So, there were usually predetermined characteristics, skills, and available items befitting each occupation at the beginning of the game.

But there was nothing like that in Forgotten Legend.

Your fighting style was determined by the way you distributed your stat points and the skills you obtained.

According to the explanation on the homepage, any user could develop their own characters in whatever way they liked and could even develop them into hybrid characters.

Of course, there was a comment by somebody with a high number of likes that said, "Hybrid characters usually end up being erased at the end of the day".

And I agree with the comment to an extent because I've been playing games for quite a long time.

When I think about team play, in particular, it's much more effective to gather people who were strong in one particular area.

But I've been playing solo all along.

And that was why I liked the Forgotten Legend system. I wanted to make up for what I was lacking one by one, even if I might end up making a hybrid character.

Nonetheless, this character had the basic fighting style of dealing strong blows like elemental wizards

I mainly played with lightning-type fighters or wizards in the games that I had played before. And I happened to encounter this ice-type wizard.

I could not help but get hooked on it because of its additional frostbite damage.

There were games that did not have additional frostbite damage, but most of the games usually had frostbite debuffs that also slowed the enemy.

Since I attacked from a distance, I could enjoy the maximum effects of the debuff.

So, I had always chosen ice-type wizards since then.

Ice-type wizards certainly did less damage than fire or lightning-type wizards, but I was competent enough to make up for that.

I was going to try to be an Ice-type wizard because I had already confirmed that the frostbite debuff was present in this game.

I slipped out of the scarecrow training field in no time and approached a huge tower in the center of the village.

'I can attain skills here, right?'

Before even touching the tower, I heard a message.

<This is the tower that keeps the records of forgotten heroes. There are restrictions placed on the skills you can obtain with your current abilities.>

"Search for ice-type wizard abilities!"

Since I didn't want to go through the enormous amount of skills here, I used the search function right away.

Then a message appeared before my eyes.

<Currently available Ice-type wizard abilities:>

-Level q Ice Ball (Active, required 1 skill point and 100 golden rings.)

: Throws a fist-sized lump of ice toward an enemy within a range of ten meters

: Attack range and damage scale with intellect

: Can be upgraded to Level 2 and Level 3 Ice Ball

-Level 1 Ice Shield. (Active, 1 skill point and 100 golden rings are required.)

: Installs a thick ice shield before its user

: The thickness of ice scales with intellect and willpower

: Can be upgraded to Level 3, Level 5, and Level 7 Ice shield

-Level 1 Ice Weapon. (Active, requires 1 skill point and 100 golden rings.)

: Coats a Weapon with ice energy that can inflict additional damage to the opponent upon attack

: Additional damage scales with intellect

: Can be upgraded to Level 2 and Level 3 Ice Weapon

-Minor Frostbite Occurrence. (Passive, requires 1 skill point and 500 golden rings.)

: Small chance to apply a frostbite debuff after an ice-type skill is used.

: It can be upgraded to major frostbite once you accumulate levels and EXP.

<Please click SKILL if you want to view detailed descriptions of each SKILL.>

There were five skills on display with short summary of each shown. They were not impressive at all.

Since I had already experienced Ice Storm and Blizzard in other games, I felt these skills were shabby, but I didn't care because I was a basic Level 5 beginner.

"Select Level 1 Ice Ball, Level 1 Ice Bolt, and Level 1 Minor Frostbite Occurrence."

I had received three skill points after achieving Level 5, so I chose the offensive Level 1 Ice Ball, Level 1 Ice Bolt and Minor Frostbite Occurrence as my skills.

I didn't feel any need for Ice Shield or Ice Weapon because I was thinking of attacking from a distance.

<You have chosen Level 1 Ice Ball, Level 1 Ice Bolt and Minor Frostbite Occurrence.

- You need a total of 3 skill points and 700 golden rings.

- Do you wish to obtain these three skills?>

"Yes, I do."

There was an instant message that showed that I had obtained Level 1 Ice Ball, Level 1 Ice Bolt, and Minor Frostbite Occurrence.

Then I walked away from the tower to try out the skills.

I was now standing outside the castle gate.

"It's only natural that I see them here because this area is for beginners."

Outside the castle gate, there were the typical low-level orcs and goblins present. Of course, there were also other characters besides the monsters.