6 Time to level up

He nodded. "Alright. Fair. Do you know where any quick beginner quests might be?"

"No," Jae admitted, "but this city is huge. I'm sure if we just make our way to the front gate by following the main streets, we'll find a few along the way. My EXP bar says we only need two hundred Experience before our first level up. By the time we reach the exit out into the rest of Floor One, we should be ready to head out. Keep an eye on your minimap in case of icons."

"Right. Lead the way

They stepped out of the alleyway, cautiously at first, and looked around as the shadow of the huge black castle fell over them once more. Once they were sure they wouldn't be met with a stampede, they hurried on their way and soon left both the alley and the dark castle behind.

It was calmer now, with less noise and far fewer screaming, fleeing people, which allowed Toyo to actually hear and pay attention to the natural sounds of the city for the first time. Dogs barked from open windows, NPC children laughed and played and ran throughout the streets as their parents yelled for them to come back inside, and in the distance, hammers could be heard striking forges and pounding down on buildings in the midst of construction.

Here and there as they progressed along the paved street deeper into the heart of the town, Toyo caught sight of a few individual players still running in a mad panic or huddled down by the roadside in tears. They stood out in stark contrast to the NPCs walking along the main road, who walked casually and chatted pleasantly with one another as they went about their business. Toyo noticed quickly, however, that each time the city inhabitants passed by the distressed players, they would briefly pause and gaze in confusion or worry at them. The larger groups of NPCs even took to speaking in low, hushed voices as they made way for one particularly terrified player on the run.

It didn't take long for Toyo and Jae to get lost as they attempted to make their way to the front gates. The city was vast, dense, and sprawling, and the veritable labyrinth of branching roads, side streets, and buildings of all shapes and sizes didn't help. Everywhere they looked, there were houses, smithies, warehouses, shops, inns, several banks that looked to all belong to the same company, and even a strange church of some sort with a white statue of a female angel hoisted atop its peak.

If not for their minimaps, which hovered conveniently in the upper right corner of their vision and gave a bird's eye view of the immediate area in map form, Toyo suspected they would have wound up circling all the way back to the Central Plaza.

At every corner, merchants plied their wares within self-made stalls, barking out prices and deals each time they caught someone's eye. Whenever these men spotted Toyo and Jae, they would immediately begin putting forward reduced prices on minor health crystals, uncommon armour pieces and other such things. Had they more than a mere ten Col to start the game with, Toyo would have considered approaching.

As they drew ever closer to the outer portions of the starting city, it didn't take long at all for Toyo and Jae to reach Level Two: beginner quests, it turned out, were everywhere, and though each offered precious little in terms of Col- and nothing at all when it came to items and gear- they were all short, simple, and relatively generous in EXP rewards when one considered how quick it was to complete them.

After finding and quickly finishing up only two quests, one of which was a mere item gathering mission within the poorer section of the city, both Toyo and Jae had reached the EXP cap of two hundred and promptly received a message notification in the bottom left of their field of vision. With a finger, Jae selected it.

Congratulations!

You have reached Level 2!

You have unlocked 2 Attribute Points!

To assign Attribute Points, go to your Character Status page. Choose carefully, for your decisions cannot be undone.

"Good," Jae said with a nod beside him. "Now we just need to decide what to put the points in."

With a finger, Toyo made a quick, vertical swipe in front of himself as he and Jae had learned in the short tutorial upon first entering the game. When nothing happened, he cursed silently and repeated the motion, but this time with a smoother, more deliberate swipe.

Immediately, a digital blue screen materialized before him. As he read it, he made a mental note to get better at that as soon as possible. If he ever needed to get into his menu in the midst of a dangerous moment and failed like that, it could mean the difference between life and death.

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Main Menu

Character*

Map

Social

Settings

"If there aren't any defensive options or armour ratings we can choose to increase," Toyo said as he selected the Character icon, "we can just dump both points into health. It'll probably be better in the long term anyway."

Character

Character Status*

Skill List

Inventory

Selecting the status page, Toyo took a moment to carefully examine his stats before making any decisions. If they were truly about to head out of the safety of the Town of Beginnings, they would need to know as much as possible about their own capabilities. Their very lives were now depending on it.

Character Status*

*2 Attribute Points Available!

Attribute Points may be distributed into any Stat marked with a (+) icon.

Lord Grim

Level: 2

Health: 250

Damage: 10-13

Armour Rating: 7

Hold Capacity: 19lb/70lb

Strength: 10 +

Dexterity: 10 +

Constitution: 10 +

Endurance: 10 +

Luck: 10 +

Skills: 0

Sword Skills: 0

Active Skills: 0

Passive Skills: 0

Passive Abilities: 0

"Put both points in Constitution," Jae said as he swiped away his own blue screen. "Each point raises max health by twenty."

"Nah, I will keep 1 in dexterity and one 1 constitution."Jar nodded and said "your wish."