The adventure begins

Walking through the empty and dimly lit streets of Ashton Village, Lin Yun only saw a few Blood Race NPCs walking back and forth while carrying the creatures brought by the players.

"Excuse me…" He tried to approach one of the NPCs in an attempt to start a dialogue to see if he could get some quest, unfortunately, he didn't even have time to finish speaking before being interrupted by the seemingly angry NPC.

"Don't bother me. I'm in a hurry, winter is coming and we need more supplies. If you have time, just help the village." The NPC just ignored Lin Yun and continued dragging a creature into one of the wooden houses.

"It looks like the tutorials weren't lying. The inhabitants of Ashton Village are really rude when they are busy and in a hurry because of the winter and creature invasions. I guess I'll have to follow the veterans' advice and go look at the mission board in the central square."

Walking a little, a small board containing several random gathering and hunting missions is shown.

Hunt Wild Animals

Collect Water

Collect Firewood

Collect Animal Skin

Collect Leather

The missions were basic and the rewards were the same.

Only newbies would choose to do something like this.

"I can't leave the city yet because of the restrictions on new players and there are twenty hours left to finish. I can't even choose quests because the NPCs only accept talking to those who bring something from the forest from the gathering and hunting quests. The only alternative is to continue on the training ground. The Ashton Village tutorials needed to be clearer about this." Instead of being discouraged, Lin Yun sat down on a chair in the square to read some more tutorials, but instead of being something generic, he read about knuckle-type weapons.

To his surprise, there were many tutorials, and some were from famous and retired martial arts fighters. Most of them tested the game using their fighting skills, and the result was incredible.

Every move and attack can be used just like in the real world.

So, they created videos of fighting against creatures or other players, but with the addition of skills provided by the game.

Lost in the spectacular show of the fighters, Lin Yun had a new understanding of the use of knuckles and the classes that use this weapon.

It wasn't just random punches and kicks, as long as there was some expertise in using the skill, the system could create a new skill for the player.

Without knowing it, Lin Yun spent around four hours watching videos of fighters demonstrating how they should attack or what patterns to follow to achieve such skills.

The time in the game is twice as fast as in the real world, so it had only been two hours outside the game.

Many students used the game to have more time to study.

Lin Yun spent a few more hours watching before returning to the training ground to test what he learned from watching the videos.

Compared to before, Lin Yun's movements became smoother, more orderly, and faster.

Unlike the real world where the body needs to be agile to follow the mind's commands, the character in the game only needs to do what was thought by the player, the algorithm would do it.

Thus, anything the player thinks can be done instantly, without a single delay.

Looking from another perspective, Lin Yun looked like a professional fighter attacking the scarecrow.

About five hours later…

ding… ding…

"You have learned the skill: Double Punch"

Double Punch (Passive)(Beginner I Level 1 - 0%): When attacking with your fists there is a small chance of causing a quick attack followed by the first.

Using hands to attack is always easier than using legs, so it's normal to achieve punching skills more quickly than kicking skills.

This did not discourage Lin Yun, he continued attacking, but with his legs only.

Quickly kicking the scarecrow until the hunger points reach zero.

In the last minutes before the seven days of restriction ended, the notification the young man had been waiting for finally came.

ding… ding…

"+1 STR"

"+1 AGI"

"+1 Perseverance"

"You have learned the skill: Double Kick"

Double Kick (Passive)(Beginner I Level 1 - 0%): When attacking with a kick, there is a small chance of causing a quick attack followed by the first.

"After a lot of effort and using the restriction week training in this tedious place, I got the six passive skills that are possible to get in the initial training camp. Now, I can finally start my adventure" Lin Yun showed an excited expression knowing that the most difficult part of the beginning of the game he had already completed.

Without stopping to rest, the young man walked to the square again to pick up some quests.

"..." To his surprise, all the hunting quests were taken by the other players, and only the quests for collecting materials such as firewood and water remained.

"Since there's only that to choose from, this will be my first quest." With no alternative, Lin Yun took on the three remaining quests, collecting firewood in some corner near Ashton Village, collecting water from the river, and looking for fruits.

Quest: In search of firewood - Winter is almost here, the inhabitants of Ashton Village need firewood to keep their homes warm. Go to the Silent Moon Forest and defeat the Little Sprouts to get the firewood.

Collected: 0 / Undefined

Remaining Time: 167:59:42

Quest: In search of water - Winter is almost here, the inhabitants of Ashton Village need water to cook food and bathe. Find a river in Silent Moon Forest and fill the barrel.

Collected: 0 / 200

Remaining Time: 167:59:42

Quest: In search of fruit - Winter is almost here, the inhabitants of Ashton Village need fruit to eat. Go to the Silent Moon Forest and fill the basket with fruits.

Collected: 0 / 50

Remaining Time: 167:59:42

The quests were almost identical if it weren't for the different items that were needed to complete.

The system limited the number of quests to ten, so any player could only take ten quests, none more, unless they had received some extra benefit such as accepting an eleventh quest.

The barrel used to collect water is next to the board, the size is as big as an adult man and capable of storing around two hundred liters of water, as is the fruit basket, which has the capacity to store a large amount. Firewood can be stored directly in the inventory.

When touching the two items, the system rang.

"You have purchased the item: Basket"

"You have acquired the item: Barrel"

Looking at the clock, time was almost up.

00:04

There are only four seconds left until the restriction ends.

Lin Yun walked towards the exit of Ashton Village to finally leave this place, where he stayed for a week doing just one thing, punching and kicking the scarecrow.

ding… ding…

"Newbie restrictions have ended" The system rang.

The first step out of Ashton Village was finally taken, no barrier stopped him from leaving.