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Chapter 5: Pangea 4
‘Was it its weak spot?’
The fatal blow that caused the shiny area on the scarecrow seemed like its weak spot . Soo Hyuk swung his sword towards the armpit once again .
Whack!
Was it because the sparkle disappeared? Different than before, there was no fatal blow .
‘Does it have to sparkle . ’
It doesn’t seem like a certain area is the weak spot, but a sparkle needs to appear in order for it to be a weakness .
‘Agility . ’
Soo Hyuk thought to himself as he continued to swing his sword . In Pangaea, besides it being possible to acquire bonus stats of 5 when leveling up, you can also raise the stats through action or behavior . Just a moment ago, it was clear that agility rose because of the fatal blow .
‘It would’ve been great if stamina went up . ’
To Soo Hyuk, agility was not a stat he needed . Agility increases physical defense and fatal blow damage, but because hunting was not his primary goal, to Soo Hyuk, it was a useless stat . If it strengthened the efficiency of satiety and his stamina rose, he would’ve liked it very much; but because it didn’t, he was quite sad .
Whack!
[Training purpose scarecrow has been destroyed . ]
It was at that exact moment . A message along with the training purpose scarecrow began to crumble . Soo Hyuk walked away from the demolished scarecrow towards the scarecrow that was next to it and began swinging his sword .
Whack!
[Training purpose scarecrow has been destroyed . ]
Shortly after, the second scarecrow was also destroyed . Different than the first scarecrow, the second scarecrow did not have any part of its body sparkle .
After Soo Hyuk destroyed the two scarecrows as a condition to complete the quest, he placed his sword inside his inventory and approached the training instructor . It was for the sake of completing the quest .
“The scarecrows have been destroyed . ”
[Quest ‘Destroy the scarecrow!’ has been completed . ]
[Reward acquired . ]
Once he spoke, the quest was completed at the same time . Soo Hyuk opened his inventory . Quest reward of 2 gold along with an armor newly appeared .
“Good job . ”
Soo Hyuk, who was looking at the armor, focused his attention towards the training instructor as soon as the instructor spoke and closed his inventory .
“It is now your turn to try basic hunting . Catch 5 rabbits and bring 3 hides . The rabbits are outside the town . ”
<Rabbit Hunt>
You have learned the basic attack method through the training purpose scarecrow . The training instructor is waiting for you to catch the rabbits and bring its hides . Catch the rabbits and obtain the hides!
[Rabbit: 0/5]
[Rabbit hide: 0/3]
Quest reward: Low-grade leather shoes made from rabbit leather
A scarecrow that didn’t move was caught . Now it was time to catch a moving rabbit .
“Okay, I understand . ”
[Quest ‘Rabbit Hunt’ was accepted . ]
After Soo Hyuk accepted the quest, he said good-bye to the training instructor and came out of the training center . It was because, according to the training instructor, the rabbit was outside of town .
‘Why did the gold suddenly disappear?’
Soo Hyuk thought to himself as he began walking outside of town . The reward for the Quest ‘Rabbit Hunt’ was only shoes . There was no gold .
‘Are they not giving gold now?’
By any chance, is gold not going to be provided as a quest reward anymore?
‘It can’t be like that… . ’
In order to obtain the library pass, he needs 50 gold . Also, he’ll need a lot of gold for the food he’ll need to eat while reading the books .
‘Then do I need to earn it by hunting?’
Of course, he didn’t need to obtain gold through the quest reward only . He could obtain it through hunting as well .
‘Sigh . ’
After Soo Hyuk finished his thoughts, he let out a sigh and opened his inventory . It was in order to confirm that the reward acquired from destroying the scarecrow of ‘low-grade armor made from rabbit leather’ was an option .
<Low-grade armor made from rabbit leather [common]>
Limit: None
Physical defense power: 50
‘As expected . ’
Soo Hyuk confirmed the option as if he expected it and shook his head . The item ranking was ‘common’ for the ‘low-grade armor made from rabbit leather . ’ Common was the lowest ranking out of the 6 levels of item ranking .
‘However, it’ll still be better than not wearing anything . ’
Soo Hyuk took out the armor and wore it . Although it wasn’t a good item, it was better than not wearing anything . A short while after putting on the armor, Soo Hyuk was able to come out of town .
“Hey, you! I was already hitting that one!”
“Sorry . It came out of nowhere . ”
There was already a big crowd outside of town . In order to catch the rabbits, many users were roaming around . The problem was that there were more users than rabbits .
‘It seems like it’s going to take a long time…’
If one rabbit rises, five to six users approach it . In this situation, it will not be easy to catch five rabbits . It was going to take a very long time .
‘I should move to somewhere else . ’
Soo Hyuk decided to move somewhere else . He thought it would be better to go to a place that was a little further away with less competition than to stay in this place where there were lots of competition between users . And just as he thought, Soo Hyuk was correct .
The further away from town, the number of users lessened and the number of rabbits increased . And as soon as the number of users was lower than the number of rabbits, Soo Hyuk stopped walking .
In order to fill his satiety, Soo Hyuk finished the hard bread leftover from what he ate while walking before . He then took out his sword .
‘That one!’
He went towards the rabbit closest to him and began swinging his sword .
Whack!
As expected, the training purpose sword did not cut . It seemed like the rabbit was hit with a club with a dull sound and collapsed to the side .
‘This doesn’t feel right . ’
The graphic being excellent wasn’t always a good thing . However, it was just a game . When Soo Hyuk played different virtual reality games in the past, he killed many rabbits . He walked towards the trembling rabbit that was trying to stand up and swung his sword once more .
Whack!
The rabbit collapsed again . And the following attack from Soo Hyuk stopped its movement . At that moment, Soo Hyuk was able to see one window . The window allowed you to check the item that was dropped .
‘Oh, hide!’
The dropped item was a rabbit hide needed in order to complete the quest . Soo Hyuk pressed the acquire button and smiled delightedly as he looked at the rabbit hide that came into his inventory . Soo Hyuk closed his inventory and began walking as he looked for the next rabbit .
And when he caught his fifth rabbit .
[Level up!]
Soo Hyuk was able to level up . First, Soo Hyuk acquired all of the dropped items . He caught five rabbits and earned four rabbit hides .
‘How much would 1 hide be?’
Although he completed the quest, there was still 1 hide left . Soo Hyuk anticipated how much it would sell for and closed his inventory . He opened the character window .
Level: 2
Experience: 1%
Vitality: 600
Mana: 200
Satiety: 65%
Strength: 10
Agility: 11
Stamina: 10
Wisdom: 10
Bonus Stats: 5
It was to get the bonus stats .
“It would be best to put the stats in stamina?”
The most important stat to Soo Hyuk was stamina . Soo Hyuk thought for a short while, then invested all of the bonus stats into stamina and closed the character window afterwards . And thereafter, in order to go back towards town, he began walking .
“Ah! Shit! Stop trying to steal!”
“Liar, I killed it first?”
The town entrance still had lots of users and a small number of rabbits, which caused fights to arise . Soo Hyuk passed the users and went inside town, towards the training center .
“I’ve caught them . ”
Soo Hyuk arrived at the training center and spoke to the training instructor .
“Where’s the rabbit hides?”
The training instructor asked Soo Hyuk .
‘Wasn’t it an automatic completion?’
Soo Hyuk thought the training instructor’s question was a little odd as he opened his inventory . He thought it would be an automatic completion, but he had to take out the hides and give it directly .
“Here you go . ”
Soo Hyuk took out 3 rabbit hides and handed them to the training instructor . The instructor accepted them and placed them behind .
[Quest ‘Rabbit Hunt’ has been completed . ]
And then a message appeared .
‘Why didn’t the message to acquire reward appear?’
Different than before, the acquire reward message did not appear . Soo Hyuk saw the message and wondered as he checked his inventory .
“…… . ?”
Soo Hyuk checked his inventory and became flustered .
‘Why isn’t it here?’
The reward for the quest ‘Rabbit Hunt’ was shoes . But there was no difference in the inventory from when the rabbit hides were taken out . Was it because the reward-acquired message did not appear?
It was at that moment .
“It’s over here . ”
The training instructor held out his hands . Soo Hyuk saw the training instructor’s hands and was able to see the shoes he was holding in his hands . It was clearly, the quest reward ‘low-grade leather shoes made from rabbit hide’ .
“I’m sure you must’ve been flustered . Up till now, acquiring the reward automatically was out of consideration . However, for future applicable quests, you will need to receive the reward directly from the NPC whom gave you the quest . ”
Soo Hyuk was able to understand why the reward-acquired message did not appear . The automatic acquired rewards up till now were out of consideration for first time players .
“What I’m saying is . ”
The training instructor was not done speaking .
“It means that the relationship with the applicable NPC is important . Depending on the relationship, the stated reward could be enhanced or weakened . ”
The quest reward is not fixed . Depending on the relationship with the NPC whom gave you the applicable quest, the reward may differ . It can become even better or it can become worse .
“Thank you for letting me know . ”
Soo Hyuk replied to the training instructor . Until now, the emotionless training instructor, smiled .
“You understood well . ”
The training instructor spat out words that were difficult to understand as he withdrew his hands .
‘What the?’
After he said thank you, Soo Hyuk tried to obtain the shoes, but became flustered when the training instructor withdrew his hands . Meanwhile, the training instructor held out his hands again .
‘Sword?’
There were no shoes in the training instructor’s hands . A sword, the training purpose sword could not compare to the sharp sword that was being held .
“Take it . ”
The training instructor spoke as he saw Soo Hyuk’s bedazzled face . Soo Hyuk came back to his senses when the instructor spoke, and received the sword .
[The training instructor’s gift: sword has been acquired . ]
As soon as the sword was accepted, the message appeared .
‘Was it because I said thank you?’
The quest reward was clearly shoes . But, he believed the reward changed because he said thank you .
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