Chapter 7: Expanding knowledge (1)

Chapter 7: Expanding knowledge (1)

Chapter 7: Expanding knowledge (1)

Jake's plans didn't go as planned.

He didn't have time to just hunt wolves, as he had asked Richard to teach him about survival skills. Follow the latest novels at novelhall.com

Since the newbie helper, who was now like a big brother to Jake, as Richard appeared to be at most in his late twenties while Jake was eighteen years old, had been eager to teach Jake a lot, he went into details of both survival skills and the game system which would significantly support Jake in his hunting endeavors.

It began with him learning how to use friction to start a fire on dry leaves, make incisions on carcasses to extract valuable parts, and get tanning solutions by mixing wood ashes with water to keep the hide and fur usable for crafting.

It was fun despite his failures and a few retching moments in the beginning—the smell of blood and raw flesh straight from the corpse of his prey was quite nauseating.

Jake also had to be careful with his movements to avoid infecting it.

"What would you like to learn now?" Richard asked.

It had been a week since Jake hunted for the first time. Although he couldn't have been called a professional matching Richard's experience, he could start a fire, open up carcasses and extract their parts, and make tanning solutions from nature quite easily with the help of the game system.

Which was because Jake had learned a unique skill under Richard's keen eye—Richard's Survival Three Kit(Unique).

It didn't have any level requirement. Also, it was just Survival Three Kit at first, but Richard had passed to Jake a book with his survival experiences, which had been integrated into the game system and now dwelled in the newest skill.

Meaning Jake had enough means to skin and butcher many more monsters than just wolves and extract lots of valuable parts from them. His game system would highlight perfect spots to make incisions, and Jake would have only to follow the guidance.

It was the power of being a player.

Jake thought aloud, "It's best to learn your armorer profession now. I want to learn how to make simple bows and arrows. You see, I already thought of making arrows myself with the bone arrowheads! I think I'll get much more damage with this kind of arrow... and if not, it's a valuable experience."

"Yeah, I did," Jake replied.

Once a player scans and sends his ID to the gaming company, a few more privileges naturally open in the game.

Jake's friends wanted to have a party with him in the game. If Jake didn't scan his ID, the beer wouldn't taste like a real beer and, instead, something like orange juice.

Many more options for adults opened with ID scanned. Grown-ups didn't have content censored, either.

It meant that young adults like Jake had much fun in the game world.

Jake, however, didn't think much of them as he enjoyed the game in his own way.

"You've been like that since when I remember... I still recall how hard it was to have you in normal games in MOBA and how you dumpstered everyone when we finally got you on our team," Lukas reminisced with a grin.

Jake added, "You were the one to always trash talk whenever I smashed someone."

"Can't shut up those lips when there's an occasion, ya know," Lukas grinned without guilt. "Anyway, where are ya going now? I didn't leave home at all when I got to play the game for the first time."

"I want to be the best archer, right? So I thought that I should also practice it in real life and become the best here, too," Jake replied, "so I'm on my way to the closest archery club."

Lukas stood frozen with his mouth agape.

Indeed, he couldn't shut his lips and often talked a lot, but Jake and his ideas always made Lukas freeze and have all his thoughts clogged up in his throat.

For that reason, Lukas was Jake's good friend.

Only one word left Lukas' mouth at the end, "Bruh..."