4 Discovering a Cave
While camping for more Boars to appear he noticed that they arrived from the same general direction.
He wanted to investigate why this occurred. But his urge to level up made him kill the next few boars.
After about 15 minutes, he killed two boars which gave him the last bit of experience to induce a level up.
[You have leveled up to level 1]
[You have 5 free attribute boosts available]
Leveling up allowed him to grow stronger. He thought about what stats he could put his attribute points. He didn't want to put it on Spirit since he was more of a swordsman. Although he still didn't have a sword to use.
He also didn't want to put it in the Vitality or the Intelligence stat. He had enough Vitality for level 1 and he had no magic spells to make use of the intelligence stat.
Emile put 3 points into his Strength stat and 2 points into his Agility stat. His Strength became 32. His Agility became 18.
Emile followed his original thought process of finding out where the Boars came from. He waited for a Boar to appear.
After 3 minutes of waiting for a Boar, it showed up. Emile watched the Boar without it being aware.
The Boar drank water from the creek. It then walked around hunting for small animals such as mice.
Emily waited as he continued to crawl through the shrubs and bushes. He noticed that the Boar was moving towards a specific direction.
After 30 minutes of following the Boar, the Boar arrived in front of a cave. Emile waited until the Boar entered the cave and was out of sight.
The cave was on the side of a hill. Hills were plentiful in the forest. This place was inconspicuous and would have taken a lot of luck to find if the player didn't follow a Boar.
He then entered the cave.
[You have discovered a new location]
[You have discovered The Boar's Cave]
[You have gained 100 fame]
[You will earn more fame if you clear the cave]
Emile analyzed the system's words. He didn't know what the fame did. He noticed that there would be many mobs, Boars to be specific.
Emile wanted to scout the location to see if it was possible for him to complete the Cave at this moment.
Emile encountered a problem as soon as he entered. He couldn't see in the dark. The entrance was the only place with light.
Emile felt disappointed about not being able to see in the dark. He realized that he would have to get equipment that allowed night vision or find a torch.
Emile left the cave and entered Song Forest once again. Emile went back to the village to find something that could fix his problems.
After about 20 minutes of walking towards the village, he noticed that there were players farming the Level 0 chickens.
He ignored them and continued to walk forward. Other player noticing that he came from deeper in the woods gossiped about him. "How did he leave the deeper part of the woods," said one bystander.
"Aren't there like strong mobs in there," replied another bystander.
"I heard the boar can kill you in 2 hits," said, another bystander.
Emile didn't know other players were making a big deal about him leaving the woods. Even if he knew he would ignore it.
Emile went towards the market which had many NPC's selling different things. It also had players selling the beginner equipment. They were trying to earn quick cash.
He looked around and found out that no one was selling any equipment that had Night Vision. Emile didn't know any items with helpful PvE effects would sell for a lot of money. He wouldn't be able to afford the item even if the item was being sold.
Emile arrived next to a Tailor which created items using different materials. Before he got to say anything the Tailor started to yell at him.
"How many times do I have to tell you, people, I will craft nothing out of feathers," He bellowed.
Emile tried to appease the misunderstanding.
"I'm not here to ask for an item made out feathers, I'm here to ask if you can make something out Boarhide." He quickly replied.
"What?!? You have Boarhide!?!" He yelled in shock.
The people nearby heard the Tailor yell and looked to see what was wrong. They didn't notice anything and went back to doing their own business.
"Come inside," He beckoned for Emile to enter his home.
Emile took the offer and went inside. Inside the Tailor's home were many hides hung on the wall. There was snake hide, deer hide, and even a boar's hide.
"Didn't you begin your adventure about 2 hours ago, If you did then how did you get Boarhide?" He said in a quick tone filled with surprise.
Emile told him how he obtained a ring which gave him lots of power and he used that power to kill Boars.
"Show me the ring," he said.
Emile showed him the ring, and the Tailor had a look of shock.
"Is that ring called the Fighter's Will?" He asked with excitement.
"Yes," he responded.
The Tailor had another look of shock on his face and said: "Follow me, I'm taking you to see the Village Chief."
The Tailor walked towards the biggest home in the village. Emile followed.
After arriving in front of the Village Chief's home the Tailor knocked on the door and yelled out to the home. The house was made from wood. The wood came from the deepest part of the forest. It was an exquisite home, fitting for a Chief.
Many players were surrounding the Village Chief's home since he would give the best quests. They noticed that another player stood in front of the door with an NPC.
"Here comes another person, who's trying to enter the Chief's home," said River Bull with a sneer.
His fellow guildmates laughed at Emile for trying.
"Hey kid, give up if we couldn't enter then you won't be able to enter either," he continued with even more confidence.
Emile ignored his words and waited for the door to open. The door opened and the Village Chief yelled out: "Could you adventurers stop bothering me."
After saying this he noticed that the Tailor was standing in front of his door and asked: "Why are you here?"
"I found an adventurer who has the Fighter's Will," the Tailor replied.
"Who?" The Village Chief looked around the crowd to see if anyone stood out.
He ignored Emile who was standing next to the Tailor since he didn't stand out that much.
"The adventurer next to me." He replied.
At this moment the Chief moved out of the door's way and allowed the Tailor and Emile to enter his home.
The players who witnessed this had a look of shock and some even recorded this. No one had entered the Chief's home before. Many have tried and all of them had failed since the Chief would yell at them to leave or he would slam the door on their face.
River Bull felt gobsmacked. He could feel an invisible hand hitting his face.
"I will have my revenge," he thought and left the location while holding his grievances in his heart.
There were many decorations inside the Chief's home. He had a chandelier and a fireplace, a gorgeous sofa with cloud patterns, and some paintings hung up on a wall. It gave off a cozy feeling.
The Chief sat on his sofa and told Emile and the Tailor to sit on the chairs. After they all sat down the Chief asked: "Can you show me the ring?"
Emile reacted and put his hand out and allowed the Chief to take a deep look at it.
The Chief had a look of uncertainty. Emile recalled things from a guide about video games. He remembered that whenever a character had a look of uncertainty the player should ask the question 'Do you need any help?' This question was the easiest way for an NPC to give the player a quest.
Emile tried it out.
"Do you need any help?" he asked.
"No I don't need help but I'm debating on whether I should tell you about something or leave you in the dark." He replied.
"Don't leave me in the dark, I want to know what I can do," Emile responded.
"All right, let me tell you more things about that ring. That ring is a part of a duo of rings; someone has lost that ring since the ancient times," He paused.
"The other half of that duo is the Mage's Will. It should be in a cave somewhere in the Song Forest. They wrote the location of the ring in a document, alas someone destroyed the documents in a fire." He paused again.
"When you combine the rings with a few others rare items, it will form a legendary ring known as the Ring of the Awakened." He ended his speech.
