Chapter 02: Mining Trouble and Platinum Quest - Part 1

Theo patiently waited inside the capsule as the clock is ticking.

00:29

00:30

[Immersed Diving Start] Theo said as he closed his eyelids.

[Executing...]

[Executed]

Transition effects appeared as his eyes appeared while his eyelids are still closed. 'Cool but frightening. I am not used to it.'

I opened my eyes and noticed that I am not in the room anymore. It is more likely inside the game. I stopped and looked at the surrounding with my clothes in the real world.

'A nostalgic feeling is the best!' I said to myself.

'As far as I know, there must be a table...'

I looked from left to right and ahead, but I didn't see any table. I looked at my back and the elf with huge breasts, blonde hair, and green eyes can be seen, pouting at my face.

"What a weird human. You are suitable to become an elf, you know!" The Elf asked.

'Why I didn't saw her before. There is only a bunch of instructions on the table at the closed beta test but this time, there is an NPC?'

"I am Elfine, the guardian of the elves and the guide for the chosen. I will explain the rules" Theo patiently listened to the Elfine and answering with a nod.

The rules are simple, just play the game and have fun. The others are about cheating or hacking in this world, about the rules of exchange in the currency in the real world, etc...

"The gods will bless you a class and job. They will clearly be happy on your arrival." She smiled and continued blabbering about some functions of the game in front of me.

'I know those things already, just let me play...'

"Well, it seems like the gods gave you something. Check it in your mailbox later. Here are your stats by the way"

A translucent board in front of me and showed me the details of my body.

[Name: ???]

[Type the name you want.]

I typed my normal name. [Theo]

[Are you sure?]

[Yes]

[Affirmative]

And it showed me my stats.

[Name: Theo

Level: 0

Class: Sea God [Locked], Sage Spearman [Locked], Sage Archer [Locked], Sage [Locked], Sage Swordsman, Sage Assassin [Locked]

Job: God [Locked], Entity [Locked], All-Round Genius

Titles: Beta Tester, Successor of Poseidon, Sage Genius]

"What the f**k?! What is this?!" I yell as I looked at the beginning of my stats. 'Poseidon? The god of the seven seas? I am his successor? I can't believe it'

"Wow~ so sir Poseidon chooses you! Congratulations!" Elfina said as she looked at my status.

I continued looking at my stats and I said to myself, 'WTF is this?!'

[Health: 5000/5000

Mana: 352500/352500

Strength: 705

Intelligence: 705

Agility: 705

Dexterity: 705

Defense: 750

Luck: 1105

Charm: 1105

Comprehension: 1105]

"Why is my stats like this! Plus, the f****ng charm and luck are in four digits?!" I complained.

'I can't believe that I am still Level 0, with the stats like this, I can kill 100 to 300 levels above my level!'

"Oh is it because of the titles?" Elfina said as she pointed to my titles. I tapped the title's description.

[Title: Beta Tester

Description: The players that played the only closed beta of Olympus

Effect: +5 on all stats]

[Title: Successor of Poseidon

Description: As the successor of Poseidon, you will get his blessings.

Effects: +1000 on luck, charm, and comprehension.

Sea God Class

God Job

Skill: [Blessing of the Sea God], [Water Severing Slash] and [Body of a God]

+1000 Fame on every city]

[Title: Sage Genius

Description: The only sage with the powerful impact of magic and physical

Effect: Grants several classes

+650 on every minor stat]

'So my base stats must be 50 on strength, intelligence, agility, dexterity, and defense, 100 on luck, charm, and comprehension, huh? Also as far as I know the mana calculation should be like this, huh? I saw this on the official page, after all.' I walked towards the table, took a quill, and dipped it in the ink. I started to write a lot of things.

I wrote on the paper:

Mana Calculation: N (Stats x Base Mana) where; N must be 1 to 1000

'Hmm, as far as I know, the level gap increased from 1000 to 2000' I said and started to calculate if I am correct. "Zero is equaled to one, then instead of zero, I will put one here" I muttered then started to scribble which made Elfina confused.

She knows about numbers and computation, but she didn't know what is multiplication or the parenthesis in the formula I made.

And I confirmed it, 1 (705×500) is 352500.

"I am not that good at math, but I still managed to solve it for a minute without a calculator." I smiled as if I missed math but deep inside, I don't really want to learn it again.

"Math?" Elfina asked, "Oh! Nothing! Haha," I chuckled, and she said, "Since you are done with your activity, then let me ask you if you want to change your current appearance?"

I shook my head in refusal and replied, "I don't need it"

"How about the beginner place where you will be reborn?" She continued and the map in the table emitted the huge version of the Olympus' world.

'I should go to the village where I started' "[Pyramy Village]" I said as I smile with confidence.

"Then, Good luck on your journey, Theo," Elfina said as I closed my eyes.

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I opened my eyes and the light blinded me as if I was just woken up from eternal sleep.

Then, what should I do, first? My current equipment is bad...

My equipment is all trash.

[Newbie Equipment Set

1. Head Gear: +5 on Defense

2. Leather Chest plate: +5 on Defense

3. Dull Boots: +5 on Agility

4. Dull Gloves: +5 on Comprehension

5. Dull Sword: +5 on Strength]

"Ah, I forgot! There are also the skills provided by one of my titles," I opened the status and started to look for the skills.

[Skills:

[Active Skill: Slash Lv.1

-Slash vertically, diagonally, or horizontally and deal 5% physical damage

Mana: None

Cooldown: 5 Seconds]

[Active Skill: Elemental Strike Lv.1

-Any sword attacks will deal 20% magical and physical damage to a specific element of the user's desires.

Mana: 500

Duration: 3 Minutes

Cooldown: 5 Minutes]

[Active Skill: Blessing of the Sea God Lv.1

-The elemental magic attacks will give you 200% magic damage.

Mana: 10000000

Duration: 10 Minutes

Cooldown: 5 Hours]

[Active Skill: Water Severing Slash Lv.1

-Destroys everything on a 10-meter straight path dealing 100% magic and physical damage

Mana: 1000

Cooldown: 5 Hours]

[Passive Skill: Body of a God Lv. EX

-Immunity to all abnormal status such as dizziness, lethargy, or curses]

'If I have normal stats of level 0, I can't use the skills that Poseidon gave me...' I thought to myself as I left my spot and started to move.

For normal players, they will start to understand the system first before they start to move. For impatient players, they will immediately start to attack monsters in sight before they even know the level of the enemy.

Information gathering is the first thing you need to do. I am a beta tester so I know that. When I was here for the first time here at this game during the closed beta test, I also attacked the monster 10 times stronger than me, well, the past is past.

In the newbie town called [Pyramy Village], where I am right now, there is a quest here that gives you a skill book called [Appraisal]. It is suitable for all classes. But it is only a one-time quest. Someone told me about the quest but when we go there, the quest is gone because someone already defeated all targets of the quest.

So for the first step, take the quest, learn the skill, and level up, that's all. I will farm equipment later.

I already knew where he is, he is always rocking on a rocking chair in front of his small wooden house. So he is easy to find.

And for a minute of the walk, I found him named NPC Bruce at the top of his name.

"Umm, sir, is there something wrong?" I asked as I walked towards him. He nods and said, "The [Wild Boars] are running amok in the [Wildom Eastern Forest]. The mining site is temporary suspended because of them, can I ask you to take care of them?" Then suddenly, a quest board appeared in front of me.

Ting!

[Quest: Mining Trouble (Copper) One-Time Quest

Description: The Wild Boars started to run amok in the [Wildom Eastern Forest]

Quest Duration: 1 Week

Goal: Kill 30 [Wild Boars]

Rewards:

1 Gold

+50 Reputation in [Pyramy Village]

Skill: Appraisal

+2 Levels

Failure:

-2 Levels

Negative reputation in [Pyramy Village]

Accept?

Y/N]

I obviously tapped yes and Bruce said, "Thank you, adventurer!"

The quest is copper grade. The quest grades are bronze, copper, silver, gold, dark gold, platinum, and diamond. Even though it is only copper grade, the rewards are quite attractive because of the in-game currency.

The currencies are Bronze, Copper, Silver, and Gold. On the official website, it is confirmed that there is also a diamond after the gold coins. 100 bronze are copper, 100 coppers are silver, 100 silvers are gold and finally, 100 gold is diamonds. No one in the closed beta test got the diamond gold.

The exchange rates are like this:

Bronze= 100 US Dollars

Copper= 1,000 US Dollars

Silver= 10,000 Dollars

Gold= 100,000 Dollars

Diamond= 1,000,000 Dollars

I left the place and started to navigate the forest on the map provided by the system.

[Wildom Eastern Forest]

The forest is beautiful as if you really lived in reality. I looked at the time as I feel the good air breeze gushing towards me.

[In-Game Time: 12:57: Reality Time: 0:57]

[Date: January 1, 2030: Reality Date: January 1, 2030]

'I see,' that is what I thought. The time ratio is 1:1 similar to the closed beta test. The day and night are reversed for this world. Morning here, night there. A night here, morning there. An afternoon here is Midnight in reality and midnight here is afternoon there.

I looked from left and right and saw a lot of plants and trees. appreciating their form and the butterflies flying around them. 'As expected of nature!'