24 Juliet Stark: Friend of the Crotch Collector
Before looting the minotaur Enzo wanted to check his new title out.
[Title(s): Crotch Collector ] [Name: Enzo]
[Species: Fae]
[HP: 100/100] [Mana: 50/50]
[Rank: 1] [Level: 9(3783/7200)]
[Class: Monster Slayer] [Subclass: None]
Stats
[Available Stat Points: 6]
[Strength: 6] [Agility: 12]
[Vitality: 3] [Stamina: 5]
[Intellect: 5] [Luck: 2]
Skills: (Insight) (Predator's Mark)
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[Forums]
[Log out]
"..."
"WHAT THE FUCK!" Enzo couldn't hold in his anger.
There was no way anyone would be okay with receiving a title like that as their first one.
"What's wrong?" Pepper ran over to Enzo as the outcry made her very concerned.
"Screw these developers."
"Rhea you can suck a crotch."
Enzo didn't answer for a minute and just mumbled incorrigibly under his breath while pacing around..
"Atlas!"
"Huh?" He stopped pacing and looked at her.
"What's wrong?" She repeated her question.
"Sigh."
"I got a title after the fight."
"That's great! Why are you upset about it?"
"The title has to do with how I killed the monster."
"With your sword?"
"No, try to remember where I damaged the monster the most."
Pepper stared at him blankly as she tried to remember, but once she did…
"Hahahahaha! What is it?! Ahahahaha!"
"..."
"Come on Atlas, what's the title? Hahaha!"
"It's 'Crotch Collector'."
Enzo decided to just tell her and get it over with. He knew she would laugh at it no matter what so there was no point in trying to hide it.
"HAHAHAHAH!" Pepper fell to the ground while holding her stomach as she laughed at her friend's misfortune.
Instead of just watching her laugh, Enzo decided to assign his new stat points.
[Strength: 6 -> 10]
[Available Stat Points: 6 -> 2]
[Vitality: 3 -> 5]
[Available Stat Points: 2 -> 0]
Enzo finally decided to upgrade his vitality after that last fight.
One wrong move and he would have been one shotted by the minotaur. He didn't want to give any monster a chance like that in the future, so he bit the bullet and just upgraded his vitality, albeit only a little bit.
His stats now looked like this:
[Title(s): Crotch Collector ] [Name: Enzo]
[Species: Fae]
[HP: 100/100] [Mana: 50/50]
[Rank: 1] [Level: 9(3783/7200)]
[Class: Monster Slayer] [Subclass: None]
Stats
[Available Stat Points: 0]
[Strength: 10] [Agility: 12]
[Vitality: 5] [Stamina: 5]
[Intellect: 5] [Luck: 2]
Skills: (Insight) (Predator's Mark)
[Friends list]
[Forums]
[Log out]
Enzo focused on the title to read its perks.
[Title: Crotch Collector]
The name made him cringe every time he looked at it.
[Description: The Crotch Collector title is gained by killing an opponent with a deadly strike to their privates. Only the most merciless of people would do such a thing to their enemies.]
[+5% damage to crotch shots.]
Enzo cringed even more after reading the description and the effects of the title.
The effects weren't all that bad though. He would have to aim for the crotch again for it to activate, but it would offer him a 5% damage increase in a pinch.
If Enzo was in a situation where he needed that extra 5% to live, he would gladly give his enemy a crotch shot again even if it meant his feat would be announced to the world.
Luckily, by the time he was done upgrading his stats Pepper was finished laughing.
She was still smiling from ear to ear, but she was able to keep her laughter to herself.
While Enzo looted the monster Pepper upgraded her own stats as well.
She may not have gotten a title, but she was able to level up to level 9 as well.
Ding!
[+1 Wild Boss Minotaur Skin]
[+1 Minotaur Arm Guards (Uncommon)]
[+1 Minotaur Leg Guards (Uncommon)]
[+1 Minotaur Axe (Uncommon)]
[+2 gold coins]
Enzo split the loot evenly with Pepper like always.
They both now had 11 gold coins, meaning they would be halfway to being able to buy a weapon from William at normal price.
"Let's go, we only have an hour before we have to log off." Enzo informed Pepper.
"Okay."
As they were walking through the forest back to the gates Pepper said, "Hey Atlas, why don't we trade numbers. I won't be able to get back on for a few more hours after my headgear will be done charging, so if I had your number I could text you when I am about to get on.", she said it with slight nervousness in her voice because she didn't want him to take it the wrong way.
"Okay, I am fine with that. Here is my number *** *** ****."
"I will try my best to remember that, but if I don't then try to remember mine and text me when you log out. Mine is *** *** ****." She replied.
"I will text you when I log out then."
"Okay."
"My real name is Enzo Knight by the way. I am a student at college in California."
Pepper's eyes widened. She wasn't expecting him to give his real information like that.
It was a well known taboo amongst gamers to give out your private information unless you have known the person for years and/or completely trust them not to do anything with the information.
Enzo wasn't a stranger to this unspoken rule. He and Ivan were both extreme gamers even before the DIVR headgear was released. It's just that he trusted Pepper to not reveal his private information.
He felt that it is much easier to tell if someone is a good person or not while in the DIVR headgear than it is to tell over something like a normal video game console. So, because of this, he fully trusted Pepper.
"I don't usually tell people stuff like this, but my name is Juliet Stark. I am a student as well, but I live in New York City."
"Ah, we are on opposite ends of the country then, haha." Enzo lamented.
They were quite literally on opposite ends, with Enzo living on the western coast and Pepper living on the East coast.
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