《Nameless System V 1.00.008》 Prologue It was 1 pm on a weekday in 2018 and I attending a lecture at my universityand doing what I usually did when I bored. My editing software opened on one screen and another screen showed my Facebook feed that said "STRANGE EVENT HAPPENING AT BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS." I clicked the news and saw a video of a condominium with a cracked wall, there were beams of light streaming out of it at different intervals and people coming out while coughing. Oh... this is a goodCGI.As I was ignoring what the lecturer said I kept reloading my feed, at first nothing was out of the ordinary but for each time I refreshed the feeds. -A video showing a dragon sculpture has been shared with the claim it depicts a real dragon who fell from the sky in Tibet. -Images show a dragon with a fluffy white rabbit fur that was shot dead in Malaysia. -Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, a mysterious "caped crusader" who appeared to be a real-life superhero. He was wearing a monkey mask, a cape and had a large brown "O" emblazoned on his chest. -VAN, Eastern Turkey (WTN) -- Sightings of the Lake Van monster,bad quality amateur pictures of something long and dark moving in the middle of the lake. Dang, my feed suddenly full with this kind of news. Hm? what is this? -What is your Status,This quiz purpose is to help you find out your status, please read the term and agreement before proceeding. Boredom struck me. I stopped tapping my desk with the end of my pen, staring at my computer screen while scrolling the term and agreement and clicked yes. It delivered me into a new tab, a blank white screen with a question and answering box in the middle.
Question 1: What is your favorite color? -Red- Question 2: Do you prefer to work alone or in a group? -Both are fine- Question 3: Are you a college student? -Yes- Question 4: Are you taking a part-time job as a bartender? -Yes- Question 5: Is the barname: The Voiceless Sea?
The fuck? how do theyknow?a hacker? I tried to close the quiz since this didn''t seem right, I moved my cursor on the top right of my browserbut the close button was disappeared, I pushed the ALT+F4; it still opened, I manually turned off my laptop and nothing happened except a new sentence was shown.
Please finish the quiz before you exit the program. Question 5: Is the bar name: The Voiceless Sea? ... -Yes- Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.Thank you, the survey is completed. Commencing scan. Scan in process. . . Scan completed. Welcome, Dew Everest. M 22. (Protected) General status: Strength: 8 Endurance: 5 Dexterity:11 Agility:9 Intelligence:11 Perception: 9 Willpower: 5 Charisma: 6
Huh?I didn''t know what was going on, thought that this was a virus I closed my laptop screen. What followed was my phone chimed inside my pocket, alerting me to a received text message. Digging it out of the side pocket, I tapped the screen awake and could only stare at my phone. The same white background with black text and the same box appeared on my phone screen.
Scanning base skills. . . Scan Completed. Brew (Concoction) Craft (Poison) As a reward, the user will be awarded 10,000$ as a starting money, necessary equipment and the rest will be delivered to the user home.
The sound of an old-fashioned telephone chimed once again, the background of my phone restored back to the picture of some random mountain, Ichecked my chat messages¡ªholding my breath when I saw it was the notification from the bank. -10,000$ has been transferred onto your account. Words left me. I stared into those my phone screen, and my heart fell silent.Before I abled to roar in excitement; the screen turned white again.
Installing the feature. . .
My phone started to shine. It was the kind of brightness that sears into your retinas making you close them for fear of going blind; a brightness that would make fresh snow look grey and dull. It was a brightness to rival the sun itself. I covered my eyes with my hands, but even with them I still had to squint to see. The next thing that I remembered; I was on the outside, people coughing wildly, thought they were gonna blame this on me. "W-what happened?" Said A *Cough* "A burst of light suddenly appeared!" Saib B "What light, I don''t remember that kind of thing" *Cough* Said C ....Seem like I''ll be fine, maybe. Leaning against the tree, I looked at my phone screen again.
Installation completed. Congrats Dew Everest. User ID #7081. -Social function has been enabled- -Guide function has been enabled- -Shop function has been enabled- -Quest function has been enabled- Quest received. New Quest: Capture a burglar. Reward 1 PP
And then a sudden burst of number, instruction, and image rushed into my head. What followed was a crushing pain just on one side of my head that came and went in a pattern. It made me want to pace about, I couldn''t sit, couldn''t lie down or relax.My eyesight blurred. Everything became fuzzy; then I saw nothing at all. "Oi! we get a man down!" Chapter 1.1 Slowly and reluctantly, I uncovered my face. I blinked, closed my eyes, and blinked again. Streaks of light penetrated my eyes and blinded me. I sat up, dragged my feet off the bed, and rubbed my knuckles into my eyes. I stretched my arms above my head and yawned. .....What happened? Concrete wall with windows at the size of a biscuit tin lid, eight beds all filled and A woman in dignified white uniform walked toward me. "Sir, please don''t move from your bed. I''ll go get the doctor." Said the woman. Doctor? Riiight, I passed out. After a few moments, she came inwith a doctor that had a face like some guy I''d ask for directions in the street, non-threatening I supposed. While reading his document the doctor said "Dew Everest, right?Do you feel nauseated or dizzy?" "Eh... No." "Hm..." In an instant, his expression turned into a brick. He analyzed the document for a few seconds, turned on hisflashlight and started to examine my body. "Pupil reaction...normal, Heartbeat rate...check, body temperature..., noexcessive sweating. Alright, you''re free to go." "This is the whole examination?!" "Yes, though just in case come again in the day after tomorrow for the follow-up." T..that was easy, while I gathered my things I remembered about that weird app. I opened my phone and yup... It wasn''t a dream, I touched the icon for a few seconds to check its app information. Nameless. Size: 0 Byte. Developer: Unknown. Version: 1.00.008. No uninstall or delete button, no data log, unregistered on my phone, Google result 0. Damn, this shit is weird. I moved my thumb and opened the app once again. "Let''s see, I guess reading the guide will not harm me."
Guide: Status A normal human average status: 7 STR: for body power, jumping power, and melee skill combat skill. END: for body regeneration, ailment resistance, and defense skill. DEX: for hand coordination, body balance, and crafting skill. AGI: for running speed, reaction speed, and movement skill. INT: for learning speed, memory capacity, and magic skill. PER: for five senses, intuition, and range skill sense skill. WIL: for emotional quality, concentration, and mental skill. CHA: forthe ability to interact with others and summoning skill.
"WTF? Is this some kind of game? Damn... Buff,debuff, ailment, bind, oh... Protected: Hm...For the next 168 hours user data can''t be accessed (165 hours, 3 minutes left)" Once I read this, I couldn''t shake the feeling that something wasn''t right. It sent a shiver down my spine and I felt my blood chill in my veins. Is that mean once the duration is over my personal data can be accessed?!If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. The thought that my data could be accessed was enough to make me tremble. What does it mean by that? is this a hacker? Why me? The next thing that I realized, I already stared at the cigarette between my fingers. I inhaled deeply, letting the smoke seeped into my cells, my system responding to the smoke, and I felt my lungs being wrapped by a warm blanket, as I removed it from my lips, I blew the smoke in the air carefully as if it was the aftermath of a kiss that aches to steal my life. The nicotine made me function. I remembered I used to be just fine without it, but now whenever I panicked I always took this thing. As I inhaled a few more poisons into my body, I regained my composure back. "...Let''s see Skill."
Guide: Skill What is Skill? Skill is a single shaping of the energies that suffuse the multiverse into a specific, limited expression. In using a skill, user carefully plucks at the invisible strands of raw energies suffusing the world, pins them in place in a particular pattern, sets them vibrating in a specific way, and then releases them to unleash the desired effect¡ªin most cases, all in the span of seconds. Limitation Each skill is limited by its correspondence status. Ex: Arcane Bolt and Ignite are basic level INT skills. User that has 7 INT can useArcane Bolt for seven times or use Arcane Bolt four times and Ignite three times. How to use Skill? Step 1: Open the Skill Menu. Step 2: Choose the Skill you want to use. Step 3: Drag the skill to the empty skill slot. Step 4: Follow the skill procedure and recite its name. Disclaimer: Once dragged, skill can''t be changed for the next 24 hours.
The guide didn''t explain much, but I assumed Skill was a superpower. Now that I thought about it, all of this sounded like a prank, though I opened the Skill screen to check its validity.
Skill List: Brew (Concoction): Concoction isan alchemical drink of ingredient dissolved in an alcoholic solution. Notorious for their effect, only the creator can use his concoction. Cooldown: 60 minutes. Process: varies. Craft (Poison): Mixes substances (User choice) that interfere with the natural functions of a living creature¡¯s body, causing injury or death. Cooldown: 10 minutes. Process: varies.
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The eleven empty slots must be the skill slot right? I dragged both of my skill onto the empty slot; next was the experiment. It seems impossible to do Brew(Concoction) right now so Craft (Poison)? but how doI get the substances?I was daydreaming while watching my cigarette dangling dangerously in my fingers,It was almost short enough to burnmy fingers. ...... I inhaled the smoke and blew it away, next I pointed the rest of my cigarette toward the smoke. "Craft (Poison)" I said. "....Holy Shit." It took a second or two for the new information to sink it, even though it was right before my eyes, larger than life. The smoke circled around at the cigarette like it was trapped with an invisible glasses. I couldn''t see what was going on, but I could feel that the cigarette was absorbing the smoke back. After some time the smoke was gone leaving a waxy cigarette behind. It was a bizarre moment, I never saw this kind of thing before yet I knew its name and how to use it. *BEEP BEEP* A beeping sounds resounded from my phone, I looked at its screen, my mind went blank and my eyes wide as I stared into that bright screen in horror. Words left me and my heart fell silent. As if stuck underwater, everything was slow and warbled as I pointed a shaky finger into the screen. Low Battery 20% Low Power Mode Cancel. Chapter 1.2 Moonbucks, 5 pm My laptop lay on the wooden benches, it was sleek and shiny, thinner than an average school textbook but containing the knowledge of a whole world, all at the click of a mouse and the touch of a button. In the air, the scent of coffee and hot electronics pierced my nose. My eyes combed the monitor in search for something, moving from side to side rapidly like the eyes of a dreaming person but wide open. twostep_authcommand.bui Username: ag543358 Password: ************************* ACCESS TO SYSTEM Initializing... struct group_info init_groups = { .usage = TH1S_1SN0N(2)S3NS3} ; group_info->ngroups = gidsetsearch ; kfree(Nameless_info) return; NULL "Damn, I can''t find anything." I looked at my phone, it linked to my laptops through the USB cable. Even though that Nameless app could be seen both on my phone and my laptop, I couldn''t find any traces of data. Odd, I didn''t like odd things, it never means anything good. A sigh slowly escaped from my mouth, as if my brain needed that time to process what had happened. "....Let''s try Social function." I moved my cursor and clicked on the Icon, Nameless > Social The same UI and overlay. It consists of 6 barsrofile, Message, Friend, Daily Log-In(Locked),Party(Locked), Guild(Locked), and Invite(Locked). What is the deal with the locked menu? I clicked on the Party bar and Access Denied appeared on the middle of my screen, the same case happened with Guild and Invite. I guess nothing I could do for now. "Next, is Shop." If I correctly remembered, I had a quest that would give me 1PP. Was this the currency that they use?
>Buy Sell Trade
>Hot Deals! Feature Skill Weapon Armor Item
^ >Item Bag: 5PP for 1m2, 50PP for 11m2, 250PP for 60m2 >Protection Status: 20PP for 1 week, 70PP for a month. >Map: 25PP. >Solar Panel Power Bank (Last for 60days at a full capacity): 10PP. >Fake ID: 1PP
....This is shady as fuck! Wait, wait, wait, how much is 1PP in a dollar? Let''s see, Sell > It is more or less the same as Buy. Next is Trade > Trade Item, PP to Status, ah found it PP to Currency (Default USD)... 1PP = 10.000 USD?! Sinking into the chair, I almost felt that I''d become a part of it. Amazement didn''t quite cover my feeling. I felt like every neuron of my brain was trying to fire in both directions at once. My shopping list appeared from inside my head, nagging me with its letter: X-station One, PlayBox4, UFOware, Vielle Bon Secours, Penfolds Ampoule, Tutankhamun Ale, Gurkha Black Dragon, A car. Casting my eyes aside for a moment, listening to the chattering of people, I quite forgot the fabric of reality.A small smile played on my lips, my thoughts were like vanilla pudding, sweet in their ordinary sort of way. ... Wasn''t this too easy? Or I was overthinking about this matter? In the end, I would be fine as long I didn''t anything illegal right? *BEEP BEEP* While I was lost in my own thought, the rambunctious blaring of the small alarm tone jarred me out of my peaceful thinking. The second I heard that sound I jolted up and touched the snooze button; my entire body felt as if it had been chained to the spot. " *Sigh* Do I really have to go to work?"This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there. Slower than a sloth I packed my things and lazily stood up. Like everyone else my eyes anchored onto my phone screen, I assumed every human had developed an ability that would help them walked on the street without bumping against each other.
Guide: Quest Achievement: Record the user milestones, granting the user a reward once the milestones have been reached. Daily Quest: A set of repeatable quests that can be acquired and completed once per day. Event Quest: Time-limited locations quests with special rewards. Guild Quest: A monthly quest that is given by the guild leader. Party Quest: A shared quest between party members. Quest: One time only quest. Given after the previous quest has been completed. Request: Put in user own request or completed others request.
My thumb danced around on my phone screen and in an instant delivered me back to the Quest menu Quest: Achievement (2), Daily Quest(Locked), Event Quest(Unavailable),Guild Quest(Locked), Quest, Party Quest(Locked), Request.Hm? What is the deal with (2) in the achievement? >Quest >Achievement (2) >Data Seeker: An achievement for trying to pry into Nameless system database. Reward: 0.10PP. >Smell A Rat: An achievement for questioning Nameless system origin and purpose within 12hour. Reward: 0.15PP "0.1 + 0.15 = 0.25. Is this mean I get 2500$?" "Waaaahhh!!!" "Hm? A Crying sound?" I stopped looking at my phone and shifted my head to the crowd of people with their vibrant clothes, swarmed like enchanting shoals of fish. There was a chatter between the youngster and elder, man and woman, stranger and stranger. Phones raised up, some were recording, some were taking a photo while others were busy typing. Curiously I slipped through the crowd and saw a child covered in shabby clothes, she stood quite alone on the sidewalk looking left and right. Her cry was primal, it had a raw intensity to it that told of urgency, of desperate need. Every now and then a few adults were trying to talk with her, but she kept ignoring them. "Excuse me, please move, excuse me, make some path." A high pitched voice pierced through the jabber of voices and met my ears. I moved a little bit trying to make some path for the voice owner and yet she still bumped me. "I''m sorry!" She said. She rushed to the crying girl, she was dressed in untold layers of clothes, her hair tied back but still clumped with grease. "Crystal!" Yelled the young woman. Maybe because the crying girl heard a familiar voice, she stopped crying and turned her head. " *Sob* Amber!!" Shouted the girl. This seemed like a scene from the movie, the crowds gave a satisfied smile and one by one they left the scene, until only the three of us stood behind. "Sorry for bumping you mister." Said the young woman while she tried to excuse herself. "Eh? it is fine... soo~ That is quite a performance." "Hm? I''m sorry mister, but what do you mean by that?" Said the young woman, she put on a fake smile to hide her surprised face. "Please stop calling me mister and can I ask my wallet back?" "Hm? But I really don''t get it." " *Sigh*That little girl is the distraction and diversion, and you are the light fingered friend.Now c''mon give my wallet back, you can keep the rest." I said while moving my gaze to the little one. In the grip of silent panic she turned her head, the sweat had completely covered her body. The corners of young woman lips fought to fall down and the reveal her true self. "Jeez~ and here I thought our act is perfect." She reached the inside of her layered clothes and hand me something. "Is this your wallet?" She asked while giving me my wallet. At the same time my phone was vibrating, I ignored the sibling and saw the notification.
Quest Completed Capture a Burglar. 1 PP gained. New Quest Beat a bandit. Reward 2PP. Daily Quest Enabled Capture 10 burglar (0/10). Reward 0.2 PP
Eh, Even though I am not capturing her. Well~ I guess in some way this is count as capturing. "Hello~ Earth to Mister~ Do you want it or not?" She said while waving the wallet right on front of my face. "Eh? Sorry I get distracted." I took my wallet off from her hand, opened it and checked the inside. Everything except my money that totalled 35$ was gone. By the time I wanted to ask her about this matter, both of her and the little girl was gone from my sight. Chapter 1.3 The bar was hundreds of conversations told in loud voices, all of them competing with the jazz music that dominates the atmosphere. Smoke twisted in its artistic way, forming curls in the gloom, illuminated only by the age-speckled bar lights. Along the wall was every hue of amber liquid in their inverted bottles. The tinkle of glass on glass as I mix a cocktail was lost under saxophone notes that jumped and danced in the smoky cavern. Located on the rough cobbled streets that caused my feet to ache. My buddy Christmas Ross began it when he dropped out of college, much to the dismay of his overachieving parents his bar was a huge success. Just announce the event on social media and pop up minutes before the start time and the crowd, students from the university for the most part, would flood into this bar. "Yo my man! Heard you''ve just hospitalized." Light green, curly hair slightly covered a furrowed, warm face with his characteristic stupid smile. On the contrary, his smart brown eyes, set a-symmetrically within their sockets. "Oh? news travels fast." "Hah! well, how about some drink to celebrate it?" "Whatever you say." Celebration cocktail huh... Let''s see. I took a collins glass, put a block of clear ice,added half ounces of lemon juice, half ounces of sugar syrup, 1.5 ounces of gin, stir it for 45 seconds with a bar spoon, added 3 ounces of sparkling wine lastly pierced a cherry and lemon peel with a fruit fork and added it as a garnish. "There you go, French 75."In the gloom of the bar,I served a murky drink on topof the bar table. "Hold! you only make one?!" "Dude... I''ve just got discharged from the hospital, what do you expect? and I have another plan for tonight, so I kinda want to have my mind clear." "What a bummer~ well whatever to your health!." Said Christmas. He drank the cocktail likea person who hadn''t seen water for a week.What a wasteI thought in my mind. "So~ what about your plan? is it a woman? damn, you should''ve introduced her to me." "Eh? No, it isn''t." "C''mon, don''t lie to me! You checked your phone every time you got the chance. What is the other reason for a man to check his phone every 10 minutes? Obviously a woman right?!" "That doesn''t make any sense... anyway it isn''t a woman, I just wanted to get some rest." "Yeah, yeah whatever~ just don''t forget to introduce her to me, speaking of which it''s fine if you leave early." "Seriously?!" I said. I turned my head, the professional smile I''d worn all night was gone. The timewas 11:40 PM, for most of the people they would say it was already late but for us,it was still early. Without hesitation, I left my post and changed my clothes. "Thanks boss!" I said while leaving the bar. "Damn, he really leaves without hesitation." ***** A clear night illuminated only by the radiance of city lights and the glint of a moon, I moved between the pools of streetlights,eyes focused on my phone screen. >Guide >Compendium >Bandit > lawless desperate marauder member from the organized gangs "I see, basically a bandit is a gang member right? now, the problem is where do I find one?"If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. While aimlessly walking through a narrow gap under the dim light, yeah alleyway was the underworld of every town. To make sure I was ready, I checked the skills that I just bought.
Name: Razor Paper Type: Crafting Grade: Basic Description: Momentarily transmute several pieces of parchment to have sharp edges. Amount: Equal to DEX. Duration: 30 seconds. Cooldown: 60 seconds.
Name: Stag''s Leap Type: Movement Grade: Basic Description: Warms up the muscles inuser arms and legs, enabling the user to vertically or horizontally jump and flip mid-air. Distance: Vertical (STR x 0.5 meter), Horizontal (AGI x meter) Cooldown: 5 seconds.
Name:Flying Projectiles Type: Combat Grade: Basic Description: Adept with small thrown weapons like daggers and darts. (Passive) Send out 3 thrown weapons to slice a target in range, before safely returning to your hand. (Active) Range: Equal to PER STR. Cooldown: 12 seconds.
Name: Verstikking Cigarette Category: Item. Grade: Common. Condition: 5/100. Description: Inhaled type of poison that causes a person to haveasphyxia.
>Razor Paper: 0.2PP >Stag''s Leap: 0.35PP >Flying Projectiles: 0.6PP >Left: 0.1PP Under the cool breeze of an alienated alley, litter was dumped on the street and birds nest amongst the sprawling rot. The street lights flickered off and I was left with nothing but the orchestra of the urban night playing its eerie song andSuddenly, a muffled, indistinct scream breaking the silence was heard from behind. I bolted down the road like an Olympic champion at the start gun, a deck of card clutched tightly in my sweaty hand. I quickened my pace to an all-out sprint as the scream became louder. Four muscular guys, each with a blue armband, surrounded a woman in office uniform with her dark hair and glasses, almost looked nerdy but she gave a strong person aura. The leader leaned back on thebrick wall and crunched an apple. A sigh came out from my mouth, it was not signaling a relief but the resolve as my tension had reached its maximum limit. I took out eleven cards from the pack "Razor Paper." I whispered. I could feel the cards were becoming harder and sharper. "...Alright, here goes nothing." I said while raising my hoodie up. I sandwiched three cards between the joint of my fingers and threw it out front. Funny, even though I never managed to flick a card before once I bought the Flying Projectiles I had a confidence in my throwing skills. The card spinning through the air, before the leader took another bite it had them bleeding out on the moon-bleached alley. One card sliced his nose, one got stuck on his hand and the other dug deep onto his right shoulder. As the groaning flowed passed his lips he held his right shoulder and collapsed to the ground. My phone was vibrating but I didn''t have the leisure to see it. My face was stoney but my heart was beating fit to burst, the other three heard the noise and faced backward. What followed one of them was three cards, flying and slicing both of his shoulders. "Flying Projectile." I said. Three cards floated at the air and flew toward another bandit, this time it was strong enough to pierce his thighs. Ah... this is too dangerous.I thought when I saw Flying Projectile power. "Clarke! Kent! Tch! What are you?!" "Eh? A human?" I said while throwing the last two cards toward his feet, pinning him at the ground. The lady on the other hand looking at me with widened eyes, a mix of astonishment, relief and fear clearly showed on her face. "Erm... Miss.. these guys are a bad one right?" I asked. She nodded, I could imagine the sparks in her brain, desperately trying to connect the dots and instead just causing a short circuit. "Fuh~ okay then, feel free to do whatever you want with them." Rather than doing anything, she grabbed her back and ran away like her life was depended on it. Not even a single thanks coming out from her mouth. *Sigh* I took one last look at the thug, somewhat each one of them still groaning and twitching around. After I was sure everyone still alive "Stag''s Leap." I turned my back and with a single movement I jumped, a lame jump that didn''t even reach 3 meters. .....Damn, this is embarassing. I walked like nothing was happening and reached my pocket. Stag''s Leap...vertically or horizontally jump and flip mid-air. Ah... mid-air so I must use it on mid-air? Anyhow, the time was 2:19 AM and the quest progress.
Quest Completed Beat a bandit. 2 PP gained. New Quest Defeat a wolf. 3 PP gained. New Daily Quest Defeat 15 bandit (3/15). Reward 0.3 PP
Chapter 1.4 A knock came quietly first and then it became louder. "Dew! wake up you lazy ass! we''re lacking one member!" a voice came from the other side, but I didn''t reply. The man on the other side was furious now, he pounded on the door and demanded to be let in. Waking up could be really harsh, especially after I was chasing bandits and crafting poisons for the whole night. Slowly but surely, I pushed myself out of bed, dragging my feet on top of the cold brown wooden floor and walked toward the door. I opened the door and what welcomed me was a black, dreadlocks hair hanged over a round, friendly face. A mustache and goatee elegantly complimented his nose. "Pass." "Cmon, we can''t do a matchmaking with 4 persons." "...I have another business, oh right Dopinder, can I borrow your camera?" "For what?" "Wildlife photography." "New hobby? dang, you''re a weird person." Said Dopinder, he went back to his apartment and handed me his camera. "Thanks dude, I''ll treat you next time." "Don''t mind it, just don''t break it and are you sure you do not want to play?" "Nah, sorry dude gotta catch a plane." "Fine... wait?! a plane?!" ***** From the window of the plane the wing engine was semi illuminated, the lower half shining around the rim, the upper half several shades darker. As the plane dipped the line between shadow and light moved, and all the while I listened to the hum of the rotors while checking my preparation.
Name: Tracking Type: Mental Sense Grade: Common Description: Highlighting the tracks left by the target on the last 24hours. Range: WIL x meter PER x Meter. Duration: 10 minutes. Cooldown: 20 minutes.
Name: Detect Poisons Type: Mental Sense Grade: Basic Description: For the duration, user can sense the presence and location of poisons. Range: WIL x meter PER x Meter. Duration: 1 minute. Cooldown: 1.5 minutes.
Name: Cat''s Sight Type: Item Grade: Uncommon Condition: 100/100 Description: Grants 25meter dark vision. Duration: 15 minutes.
Name: Monkey''s Jump Type: Item Grade: Common Condition: 100/00 Description: Jumping range increased by 5m and improves balance. Duration:5 minutes 15 minutes.
>Tracking: 1PP >Detect Poisons: 0.25PP >Left: 0.85 PP By the time I arrived at my home, a brown chest was laying on the floor. It contained two books, one for concoction the other for poison along with 10 glass bottles and some ingredients each labeled with a description. Though I didn''t want to drink the concoction. Cat''s Sight ingredient was a piece of cat eye, Monkey''s Jump ingredient was a monkey bone. As for the poisons, I didn''t have the necessary ingredient so the best I could make were liquid pesticides and Verstikking Cigarettes.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. As for my preparation, Tracking would be used for chasing the wolf and Detect Poisons would be used to protect me from natural hazard. ¡°Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Alaska. Local time is 11 AM and the temperature is 12-degree celsius. For your safety and comfort, please remain seated with your seat belt fastened until the Captain turns off the Fasten Seat Belt sign." As soon as I arrived, I bought a coat and asked the local to take me to the Unimak Island in the Aleutians, at least according to Wikipedia most of the wolf could be found at this location. 3 hours later "......Fuck that information! forget about the wolf, I can''t even find its track!!" A long coat of crimson velvet covered my body, I''d been spending all of my time complaining about the cold, and coughing from time to time. "Shit, and he will pick me up in two hours *sigh* at least I have some good photos." Trying to cheer myself, I spent the time by taking photos. *Sigh* What am I even doing in here. Right when I was about to give up and walked back to the meeting point. "Wooof!" "Eh?" Slowly I turned my body, a wolf stood on top of the hill, its fur was thin and it clung to its frame like a windbreaker in a gale. Even from several yards away I could count its ribs. Its movements were faltering as if each step pained it and its head was sunk low to the ground. I stayed still while holding my breath. Slowly I grabbed three cards from my pocket. "Razor Paper." I was ready to throw the cards at anytime, everything was in slow motion and once again it barked. "Wooof!! Woof! Woof!" .... I didn''t feel any sign of hostility coming from the wolf. Its hazel eyes that should be scanning opportunities to eat was full of serenity. It wagged its tail and walked in a circle. ..... I felt like a jerk trying to kill something because of money and then a stupid idea came into my head. I put the cards back onto the sleeve. Slowly I approached the wolf, its body bore fresh wounds, droplets of blood tarnished the ground. Hesitantly I reached out a hand for it to sniff but it ran for a few meters, stopped and looking at me again. Does it want me to follow? I moved closer to it, it continued to run and stopped again. We did this for a dozen of times, Even though It limbs were uncoordinated and it stumbled onto the ground a few times it constantly kept moving like a machine, while I huff and puff to only follow it. "Ah..." After crossing many plains and hills finally I understood what the wolf meant. As in some picture of a massacre, many of wolves corpses laying at the ground. Some were full of holes with a pool blood stained the earth beneath them, while others died with only a small scratch. "...Detect Poisons." Faint green aura illuminating some wolves body, including the one I followed. A foam could be seen from some of the wolves mouths. "Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof!" It stopped moving and Its bark became quicker and louder. Nearby of its legs were corpses of wolf cubs, it sniffed through the mountain of corpses. Is it thinking I can save them? Though the wolf was destroying my thought. It bit one of the corpses and dragged it outside. A cub, with fur as white as snow stained with blood. Its front right leg was gone and the cub faintly opened its eyes. "Oh?! you''re still alive?!" Amazement didn''t quite cover of what I felt. I felt like someone just took a spark of wonder and poured it onto me. "Woof!" The wolf, its mother I assumed, put the cub down next to me and reached out onto hand and sniffed it. Then slowly with she rested her grey head on her paws. Her hazel eyes kept looking at me as if she wanted to say something. This fine animal with no concept of death was ready for her long sleep. "....Razor Paper."
Quest Completed Defeat a wolf. 3 PP gained. New Quest Capture a Killer. Reward 5PP New Daily Quest Defeat 10 wolves (0/10). Reward 0.5 PP
Chapter 1.5 A small bar located on a village near the island, the walls were made of some wood, so old and poor that it was surprising how it still standing and yet the liveness was amazing. People came and sat on small wooden chairs, gathered around at circular tables and laughing like there was no tomorrow. As for me, since I didn''t know anyone, my cigarette burnedon the glassashtray that seemed contrast with the table wooden surface, in front of methere was a glass of amber liquid and the golden glow of the glass-like cubes. Wrappingmy fingers around the glass I took a sip.A sour and vile taste slipped intomy mouthalong with the keen burn on my tongue and throat. Leisurely I spent my nightstaring at the moose''s head that neatly arranged on the wall. Though nothing lasted forever, the buzzer of my phone went off like an annoyed rattlesnake. I scooped it up and read the message. Christmas: Dude! Where the fuck are you?! The bar needs help!! ?? Ah, crap I forget about the bar. Dew: Sorry, I''m in Alaska right now. Christmas: Alaska?! What Alaska?! What are you doing in Alaska?! Dew: Vacation. "Mr. Dew Everest, can we speak for a moment?"Two men wearing light brown cowboy hats with their brown uniforms complemented with a handled radio, a star-shaped badge and gunneatly sat on their holster suddenly sat in front of me. Dew: BRB As I slipped my phone back into my pocket. "Ah, yes." I replied. "Sorry to bother you. I am Woody and this is my partner Hudson. We''re here to ask you about that massacre detail." Said Woody,he spoke with a gravelly voice, might be in his seventies with his white spade beard hanging around from his chin. "So, none of the wolves were skinned and the hunter also used poison. Is that true?"Without waiting for my confirmation Hudson spoke. He had the usual height but without the bulk, thin if I must say. "Leaving aside the poison, It is weird indeed, to think all of the wolves gathered at the same spot. Did you see something else kid?" Said Woody. "Eh..." As I sucked the smoke deep intomy lungs trying to remember this afternoon incident. "Sorry, Ican''t recall anything." "Now I know you''re an outsider,but this shit is important, try harder to remember it. " Said Hudson. Woody cleared his throat, his gravelly voice could be heard as if trying to calm his partner. "Take it easy Hudson, now kiddo anything is fine, did you see any other person? other animal track?" "Oh! now that you mention it, I didn''t see another animallike at all." "How about a person? did you see anyone? maybe heard a gunshot?"This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. "Eh... No sir." "So you''re alone by the time that happens?" Said Hudson. Throughout the whole conversation, he never turned his eyes away from my face. "Yes." Not even a second passed after I answered him, Hudson turned his face to Woody. Woody nodded and put his hat down, showing his thick gray hair, close-cropped, on hiswrinkle face. "Excuse us, but may we check your room?" Said Woody. "Eh..?" ***** A backpack consisted of three pairs of clothes, a bottle of transparent green and brown liquid, two decks of trump card, two boxes of cigarette, a spraying can, laptop, camera, two books, passport, andcharging cable. It seemed they were suspecting me for this incident. "What is this?" Said Hudson in a suspicious tone when he picked up the transparent green liquid. It was Cat''s Eye but there was no way I said that to him. "Just my brewery." He gave the Cat''s Eye to Woody. Woody looked at the glass bottle, shook it a few times, opened the cork cover and sniffed it. "Yes, this smell like alcohol." "So... Am I in trouble?" Anxiously I asked. "No, pardon our intrusion kiddo. Hudson, let''s leave we will not find anything in here." "Wait a minute sir, You! what kind of cigarette is this?" Calling all units. A126 at248 Main. Back-up needed. Before I was able to answer, a crackling static voice echoed from their radio. "Hudson, that''s our call." Said Woody, he was the one that firstly left, in silence, Hudson followed him from behind. "Oh, about that cub, what are you gonna dowith him?" "Eh? what do you mean by that?" "Well, after he healed the best we can do is returning him back to his habitat. It''s fine if you are wanted to take him in though." "Oh, is that even legal?" "Legal or not it depends on the money you spent, I can help you with this matter if you want it." "....I''ll try to think about it, I mean he isn''t my responsibility right?" "You have a point, alright excuse us." So saying, the pairs of officer closed the door and left me alone. After putting my things back I edited some photos and uploaded it on social media. #Vacation #TGIF and upload.While resting my head against the shabby pillow I browsed the Nameless app, unsure of what I was going to do. Oh... I never try PP to Status function, am I?though if this is a video game won''t it better to raise status point after I made up my mind for my build? Speaking of which, what should I do for tomorrow? The quest is done and next quest is capturing a killer huh? *Sigh* This thing is getting harder, where should I find a killer?! ...Right, let''s check the request. >Request. >Request Near Me. >Result (Zero). Eh, no result. Let''s see the other request... Assassination, Bodyguard mission, Capturing a Liger. Damn, nothing easy. Oh? Collecting Wolf Pelts. >Request. >Gathering Request. >Collecting Wolf Pelts. >Rewardvaries for each pelt,details will be sent after the request is accepted. >Accept. As soon as I accepted the quest, someone sent me a message through Nameless social feature. #Hidden(Client): Hello. Thanks for accepting my request, I''ll send the detail after you replied to my message. #Hidden : Sure. #Hidden(Client): Okay then, the rewardfor Gray wolfpelt is 0.2PP, Red Wolf pelt is 0.15PP, Ethiopian wolf Pelt is 0.25PP, Lycaon is 0.3PPand send me the picture for each pelt before sending it. Any bad quality pelt will be returned. #Hidden : Okay, where is the sending address? #Hidden(Client): Are you new? #Hidden(Client): No, Forget my question. I''ll send you the instruction after the request is finished. Chapter 1.6 Village market, 4 AM. > Starting Money: 13.345$ > Flight to Alaska: 763$ > Trip to Unimak Island: 347$ > Lodging Fee 40$ for a night include meals: 80$ > License Fee (Non-resident): 100$ > PP to Money: 10,000$ > Money Left: 22,055$ > PP Left: 2.85PP Market stalls lined the street. Lovers strolled hand in hand, casually browsing, whilst housewives hustled and bustled, and haggled over the price of the exotic fruits and other merchandises as for me. "999.95$ for one pelt?!" Among the variety of stall, I stood on the rows of vendors that sold animal pelt. "It''s cheap! it is 142 cm long and take a look at its extra-wide silvery skin." Said the merchant with a scar on his right mouth. Well, I still get a profit from this. I thought, right before I was closing the deal. "Hey! hey! young man! don''t listen to him, that guy is a fraud, mine is 157cm long and looks at this extra extra wide skin, and do you know that this is an alpha wolf? all of this is only 1,000$." The merchant right next to me, with his bald round head, made another deal that seemed far better than the previous one. He stretched out the wolf pelt and yes that was bigger than the previous one. "Hey! Handsome! See this pure black fur! this is a VERY RARE COLOR, My husband can make a very beautiful coat with this fur, it is only 1100$ include the crafting price, how about it?!" A fat lady with her gray hair that tightly tied in a bun and a thin man with thick curly bread made another offer. "Wait! this man is my buyer, get lost!" Said the scar merchant. Actually is this matter? as long as the skin isn''t damaged it will be fine right? I thought on my mind when the other vendors started to offer their pelt. "Ah... I''m planning to get 15 pelts, anything is fine as long it isn''t damaged." "I only have one, but how about this bear pelt? or this moose head?" "Sorry sir, but wolf pelt only." When I turned around, the others merchant already surrounded me. A dollar sign could be seen on their pupils. In the end, I bought one pelt from each vendor and yet another problem arose. "You guys only take cash?!" "Of course duh, take a look at this village. We don''t use that kind of high tech in here." Said the bald merchant, though the thing that surprised me the most was they considered a digital transaction as a high tech. Taking a deep breath and exhaled it from my mouth. "...Where is the ATM?" "ATM? the closest one is an hour ride from here, hey honey~ take this handsome gentleman to the main city." Said the fat lady, her thin husband with his thick beard nodded at her word. Silently I followed the thin bearded merchant, and from the distance, the fat lady voice could be heard once again. "And make sure he isn''t hurt hun!."Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! ...Hurt?! Why would I get hurt? Ah... "You''ve gotta be kidding right?!" My face fell into its repose of melancholy when I saw the pickup truck. The truck dilapidated and rusting and most of the tires were bald, its right front light was gone and the driver door was nowhere to be seen. "What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for me to carry your ass into my truck?!" Said the bearded man. Anxiously I walked and sat on his truck, by the time he started the engine an 11 magnitude earthquake happened, followed by an explosive sound that left thick black smoke from the truck exhaust and a screw flew out from out of nowhere and almost hit my head. "Hold tight kiddo!" Like a racer from an action movie, he shifted the gear and push the pedal as hard as he can. "Awawawa!!" I couldn''t help but make a weird voice when the car started to move. Is the road this bad? I thought. "Gahahaha!!" The bearded merchant laughed maniacally by the time he shifted the gear and rose the speed, his two tooths each dangling on the bottom and top of his mouth could be seen. Die... I''m going to die!! ***** After two hours of betting my life, we arrived at the village and saw the market square was crowded with people, each spoke with a loud voice. "Karl, What happen?" Asked Herman, the crazy bearded two tooths merchant to the bald merchant while he stopped his truck right at the back of the crowd. "Something attacked the old Billy and killed his dog." Said Karl. From the distance, I stood from the truck corner and saw a fat old man. He held his broken hunting rifle on his right hand and two red circles could be seen from his bandaged left thigh and calf. "My eyes aren''t playing tricks on me goddamnit! I really saw a monster!" He shouted. Next to him, stood the light uniform men, Woody and Hudson were among them. "Relax old man, it might be just a big bear." Said Hudson. "What?! I''ve been hunting a bear long before you''re able to shit on your diaper. That thing isn''t a bear!" "Listen old man, a human mind can play a trick when they face a dangerous situation, you may be just hallucinating because of the blood loss." "Huh?! then how do you explain this wound?! What kind of bear that makes this kind of wound?!" Old Billy yelled, he tried to stand up and grabbed Hudson collar but to no avail, he fell back. "Ouch!" "Now, now calm down Billy, we believe your story and Hudson you better shut your mouth off. Now where was I, ah right, so did you see the monster?" Asked Woody. "...No, it all happened too fast. Both of me and Sparky was chasing our game and then suddenly something was pierced Sparky body and the bear. I was lucky enough because I stood pretty far from their location, but believe me! it isn''t the work of human!" "Yes, I believe now who is the person that found my old pal?" Asked Woody. "That would be us, sir." A Man and a teen boy raised their hand, traces of blood could be seen on their hunting uniform." "Ah, did you two see something?" "No, we only heard a scream and found Old Billy crawling on the ground." "Andy! I''ve been teaching you hunting since you''re a little brat, you know a bear couldn''t make this kind of wound right?" "Yes, I only saw from far, but indeed Sparky and a bear were laying on the ground and there was no one else besides me and my son." Said Andy. "Sherif! Is the culprit is the same one that attacked the moose herd last night?" A man voice shouted from one of the crowd. "We don''t know yet, the truth is I wanted to make an investigation team on this morning. Since all of you guys have been gathered here, anyone wants to volunteer?" Asked Woody. Hearing this, the villager began to chatter among themselves. Some immediately raised their hand while some were hesitant to raise it. The numbers of the villager that raised their hand were six. "You...? Dew Everest right? This isn''t a game kiddo." Said Woody when he saw me raised my hand. "Eh... but you might want to have someone to document the whole process right? and believe me sir, I can take care of myself." Maybe... but this seems interesting. "Oi! Speaking of which where were you this morning huh?! I didn''t recall for seeing you on the square until right now." Asked Hudson with an interrogation tone. "The kid is with me, I drive him into the city, got a problem?!" Said Herman. "Ah yes, you can check the CCTV at the ATM as a proof." "Hudson, for god sake, we already agree that he is innocent." Said Woody while he was holding his forehead right side. "Alright, prepare your things, we leave at 9 and just this time I allowed you guys to bring a rim-fire rifle." Chapter 1.7 "Alright, 15 wolf pelts has been packaged. You sure it''s fine to drop it at the inn? We can deliver it to your hometown you know?" Said the Fat Lady. "Yes, it''s fine. The inn name is-" "Don''t need that, there''s only one inn in this village. Oi Zack! drops this handsome man and his package to the inn. I''ll watch your store." ...Honestly, I didn''t even know whether or not their relationship was bad or good. Zack the scar merchant only nodded at the fat lady order and took the crate into his truck. At least his truck had better condition than the previous one. "Oh ma''am, one more thing, I want to order a coat, the size is..." I looked to the fat lady while trying to figure my mother size. "My mother is a thin one, maybe just a little bit thinner than you." "Oh~ someone has a golden tongue but sorry kid you won''t get any discount for that kind of praise, hahaha! just give me the address, I''ll send it after my husband finished with it." "...It''s worth a try." "Hahaha, oh don''t forget to pray, in this village we never spoke about family member nor the loved one right before we are going to hunt." Ah, crap. I just raised a flag. Maybe because of the anxiety showed below my smile or my actions, the fat lady said another word. "Don''t worry, my husband is going with you." No. I''m more worry about Herman rather than the monster. "Woof!" A bark? From out of nowhere a light sounded bark could be heard, I took a look at my surroundings and couldn''t find a dog or something like that, though I found traces of blood on the ground and then I felt something was clinging and licking my leg. Slowly I looked my leg and found a three-legged wolf cub, with a bloody bandage on its front right leg; Quarter leg if I must say. "Oh, you''re the one from yesterday?" I said while raising his body up to the air. He wagged his tail and stuck his tongue out, a light and hasty breath could be heard from his mouth in harmony with the dripping sound that came out from his right leg. "Wait?! aren''t you supposed to be in a vet?!" "Woof!" Barked the cub happily,... right I was the stupid one for trying to speak with a wolf. I dropped him back to the ground and he totteringly circling around my legs. "That child seems likes you." Said the fat lady with a smile on her face while watching the cub. "Eh? Right... can I leave him to you?" I said while picked him up again and handed it over to the fat lady. Suddenly my brain was processing everything at a light speed. "...Actually forget about it." "...Don''t worry, just leave him here, I''m not going to skin him." Said the fat lady. She read my mind?! "Ahaha... Sorry, can you take him to the vet? I''ll pay for his medical charge." I said while handed him over and tried to grab my wallet. "It''s fine, the vet is my best friend. You could pay at a later time." "Oh... thanks." Leaving the fat lady and the wolf cub that came out of nowhere, I rode Zack truck back to the inn. ***** Inn, Dew Room, 8 AMSupport creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. #Hidden(Client): And that''s all that you need to do. I ready anytime now. #Hidden : Wait a minute, may I ask for an advice about this things? #Hidden(Client): An advice? Fine, considering there is no damaged pelt, let''s see. #Hidden(Client): You might want to get these features: Daily reward, Mine, and Upgrade. Make sure to get it right in that order. #Hidden : Another thing, is there a cheap deadly good ranged skill? #Hidden(Client): Anything with fire, thunder or ice tag is good and don''t forget to always renew your protected status and always keep at least 5PP. I guess that''s all. I closed the Social and stood a few meters away from the crate. Let''s see >Request. >Gathering Request. >Collecting Wolf Pelts. >Report. My phone changed into a camera mode with a square box on the middle. Next was to make sure that everything was perfectly captured inside of that box and pressed the big white circle.
Send: 15 wolf pelts Received: 3PP
>Agree Disagree
After I pressed the agree button and waited for a minute, a notification came in.
Send: 15 wolf pelts Received: 3PP
Send: 3PP Received: 15 wolf pelts
>Agree Disagree
Next was locked and "Holy shit." Even though I had read his explanation, it was still amazing to see this with my own eyes. Layers of square appeared and surrounded the crate and scanned the crate. It moved from the bottom to the top, left to the right, diagonally to the other side. After a minute, the crate slowly turned into a dust and disappeared. What I received next was a message on the social feature. 3 PP gained. The client contact disappeared and I couldn''t help but wonder. Does the crate appear on the other side? How is this thing possible? What happens if I scan a big thing and the other party doesn''t have enough room to contain it? Wait this isn''t the right time. Let''s recall. First, the wolf is poisoned so I guess the monster has some kind of poison attack. Second, Old Billy said he didn''t see anything. It is safe to assume that the monster either invisible or fast. And once again, the routine of my last few days, I browsed the Skill shop, trying to find the useful skill.
Name: Poison Resistance Type: Defense Grade: Common Description: Resist up to END x gram of any type of poison, resetafter every week (Passive). Spread the Poison Resistance effect, the resistance effect is gone until the cooldown is over (Active). Range: END x meter2 Duration: 1 minute. Cooldown: 30 minutes.
Name: Sense Invisibility Type: Mental Sense Grade: Basic Description: Create a ripple that shows any invisible creatures/objects. Limit: Channeling, can''t be used while moving. Range:PER x 10 meters. Cooldown: 25 seconds.
Name: Tingling Sense Type: Mental Sense Grade: Common Description: for the duration, whenever a danger approached the user will have a tingling sensation that will tell the direction of the said danger. Duration: PER x minute. Cooldown: 15 minutes.
Name: Ice Shards Type: Magic Grade: Basic Description: Choose a point in range. Shards of ice rain down on creatures in a 1-meter radius sphere centered on the point. Range: 25 meters. Number of shards: Equal to INT Cooldown: 20 seconds.
Name: Magi Mine Type: Crafting Grade: Common Description: infuse a 1 meter2 with volatile magical energy, causing it to explode if touched. The mine is invisible. Range: Touched Power: DEX x kN. Cooldown: 10 minutes.
>PP gained: 3PP >Poison Resistance: 1.5PP >Sense Invisibility: 0.25PP >Tingling Sense: 2PP >Ice Shards: 0.5PP >Magi Mine: 1PP >PP Left: 0.6 >Money used: 16200$ >Money Left: 5855$
Skill Equiped
Brew(Concoctions) Magi Mine Razor Paper Stag''s Leap Flying Projectiles Tracking Detect Poison Poison Resistance Sense Invisibility Tingling Sense Ice Shards
Chapter 1.8 Clouds dominated the morning sky leaving transitory patches of blue. Though they were mostly white there was a hint of greyness, a suggestion that rain might play a part in the day to come. Each man totaled 12, including me, sat on the edge of the small fishing boat, painted in stripes of blue navy and decorated with yellow stars. Slung about their shoulders were rifles; there were fewer men than weapons on the board. Each face was beam against the frigid wind and harsh wave, as for me. "Hoek!" A small gagging noise came out of my mouth before the sour scent of puke added to the already sea aroma that lingered. My curiosity wasn''t worth at all. "Seasickness?" Asked Karl. His bald head was covered with a fur hat, amongst others he was the only one that brought a bow; loaded down with scope and gadgetry. " *Sigh* Sorry, even though I never had seasickness before." I said as my face was facing toward the sea. "Given the weather conditions, it''s only natural that you get seasick, at least you don''t totter around." "Cheer up kiddo, Oh! I brought some medicine, do you want it?" Said Herman, while he handing me a leather bag. He wore a camouflage uniform covered with a green vest that had many pockets. Oh? this is unexpected, considering it is Herman. The bag was heavier than I''d expected, I took a bottle of water and opened the bag only to find little dull green pineapples. But these were no fruit, it was deadly if that pin got pulled. "Woahh!" In reflex I threw the bag, hard metallic sound was created when the bag collided with the floor. Grenades scattered from the inside and rolled around the boat. "Herman! it is forbidden to bring an explosive, how many times do I need to tell you?!" Said Hudson, his face clearly showed unsatisfied expression when he picked up the grenade. "Let him go Hudson. Maybe we need it." Said Woody. "Gahaha! you heard the sheriff, so how about your seasickness? Is it gone?" Said Herman. It was true that the seasickness was gone, but I didn''t feel happy about it. I could only reply to him with a half-hearted smile. ***** Right after we landed, we split into three teams, my team consisted of Herman, Karl, Hudson and me checked the wolf location, Woody''s team checked the place where Old Billy got attacked, and the last team checked the moose. Humans were a funny creature though, one moment they were nothing but a stranger to me and the next they talked like I was their old friend, except for one person. "Hey Dew, have you ever shot a gun before?" Asked Karl. "I have, though it is 10 years ago and only a handgun." "Oh? How about a grenade? have you ever threw one?" Asked Herman. "...No" "No? Here I teach you how to throw it." Said Herman. He took one grenade out of the bag, pulled the pin and threw it. Wait?! What?!!! "You fool!! Get down!" Yelled Hudson, he pushed me onto the ground, almost broke Dopinder''s camera and curled up right next to me. I lay on the ground, face closed in a grimace, skin was pale and clammy. After few seconds loud sound echoed, a laugh tore through my ear like a great shard of glass. "Gahahaha!! that is a dummy, what a great reaction!!" Yelled Herman. "Herman! stop joking around you crazy geezer." Said Hudson. "C''mon, you''re too serious Hudson. but seriously, after the pin is pulled you have four seconds before it exploded, keep that in mind." Said Herman. Without turning, Hudson continued to walk. We followed from behind, there were no jokes this time. With each step, I watched the land in its random pattern, random and predictable at the same time. Oh, we''re almost there I thought. After we walked through a hill, bloodstained land could be seen.Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. The investigations started, while they were crouching down and looking for an unusual track after I found a track that wasn''t a footprint, more like something was slithering on the ground. "Tracking, Detect Poison, Sense Invisibility." While stood still, I felt a little bit dizzy. My vision was like a poorly coded game UI, a white circle created within a certain interval like a sonar; it didn''t show anything but I could tell that there was no invisible creature, two bluish lines created on the ground and there was no green aura. Immediately after I slightly moved my leg, the white circle disappeared, along with the dizziness. Huh... this one sucks I thought. Following the blue track, while repeating used Detect Poisons 8 minutes walking through one small hill, the track ended at the edge of a cliff, it was a short cliff; around 8-9 meter height and the track continued on the water. "Oh, is it from the sea?" I said while looking at the water, though what surprised the most was that place located near a sea. "What''s from the sea?" A familiar voice, a voice of crazy geezer could be heard behind my back. "What the?!" I turned back and found the other three behind my back. What? Since when?! "Stop disturbing our work." Hudson voice came, high pitched and cold. "Seriously, I am the one that responsible if anything happens to you." "Did something happen? you kept walking while muttering something, though you were possessed." Asked Karl. "Ah... I think I find something, you see something is slithering back on the field so I followed its track and ended up in here." "It''s true that there was a slither track, but it didn''t continue anywhere, what''s your basis?" "Karl, give it a rest. This man is a newbie, heck! he might be doesn''t have an idea for that." Said Hudson. Couldn''t blame him, they were the expert on this kind of thing, and I couldn''t find an excuse about my basis either. Should I say that I am a psychic? "Maybe, but you said something about the sea right?" Said Herman, he put his hand onto his grenade bag. Wait, don''t tell me. "Wait! Herman stop!!!" Hudson yelled. Though it was too late, Herman already pulled the pin by the time he said this. "Fire in the hole!!!!" Said Herman. He threw the grenade as hard as he could into the sea, after a few seconds a stream of water climbed the air, followed by his maniac laugh. "You fucking crazy two teeth geezer!!!! Do you realize what will happen if that thing explodes on the cliff?!!!" Hudson shouting violently, this time I agreed with him. "What? that thing is exploded on the water so everything is fine right?" Said Herman with a grin on his face. "Shut your grin off, I will take you to the police station after we''re back onto the main island." Said Hudson. "Erm... are my eyes playing tricks on me or the water turned red?" I said while looking at the reddish water. "You''re right and there was no fish corpse either." Said Karl. The water was bubbling, washed away the slight traces of blood and what followed was something burst out from the water. Reflexly I andKarl moved away from the cliff. A mass of tentacles almost as big as an adult arm, covered with circular stingers; twisted in the air at least ten meters long and it kept becoming longer and longer. "Oh... that is surprising." SaidKarl calmly. "....Huh?!!!! How can you be so calm?!!" I said while pointing toward the dancing tentacles. "Don''t you see that thing?!!" "See what?" Said Hudson when he directed his gaze in line with my finger. "Have you lost your mind? anyway let''s get back, Herman prepare yourself." Huh? Huuuuuh?!! Am i going crazy?! "Detect Poison!! Sense Invisibility!!! Tingling Sense!!!!." In panic mode, I used skills randomly. A white circle spreading, a green miasma floated on the air and a tingling sensation struck me. I knew that from everything that I should have done, something bad is coming from the top and I must not move my body away to the left. I hopped to the right side, hittingKarl on the process. A moment later, all of the tentacles violently stung the ground where I stood just a second ago. "Wa..? What happened?!" Said both Herman and Hudson in unison. "Don''t you guys see it?!!! Ice Shards!!!" A white bluish circle with a complicated line drawn on it inside formed at the place that I wanted, right on the middle of that dancing tentacles, then a whitish mist created few meters on top of that circle, freezing the air and made eleven ice shards at the size of an adult finger. The ice shards rained onto the white circle, each pierced through the tentacle building a hole in their body. For each hole that was created, a sudden burst of green miasma exposed to the air only this time it was instantly gone. At first no-one moved, their brains unable to make sense of the input from their eyes, though their experience made them fast enough to react. Each one of them grasped their weapon and shot the tentacles. As for me, I took a random amount of cards. "Razor Paper!!" Expanded it and tossed it in a fan shape. Little by little the tentacles feel back into the sea. "Wha...what are those things?!" Asked Karl, his face was almost as pale as a ghost and hands were trembling. "Kiddo! did you see that thing before we see it?! what is that?!" Asked Herman with a grin like a child that got a Christmas present. "...Don''t ask me." Suddenly, the water burst out from the sea; humected us in the process. Fear and panic ensued as a pink creature at the size of Boeing 747 plane, with its two black circle eyes, opened its mouth and showed the yellow teeth with its tentacles tongue. "Those tentacles are only its tongue?!!!" I said when I looked hundred of tentacles wriggling out from its mouth. "Code 8, Code 8!!! Requesting backup On 113 !!!" Yelled Hudson. Chapter 1.9 One thing that I learned; being chased was nothing like the movies. The stars look heroic, sexy and in command of the situation. The reality was far removed from that pretty version of running to save your skin. I had no time to look back or even checked the others. "Run! Run! Run! Run!" I bolted down the rocky path like an Olympic champion at the start gun. "What is that thing?!" Said Hudson. Seemed like they could see that thing right now, Detect Poisons wasn''t showed anything on the air either. "Who cares! run for your life!!" Karl''s long legs whipped back and forth like a cheetah racing through verdant meadows. "Gahahahahaha!!!!" I''d seen it on the cartoons when someone moved so fast all they left was a trail of dust with their spinning legs? Well, that was how Herman ran. We ran like the Scooby gang, though this time there was no reality breaking rules nor tricking the monster away. When we climbed a mount we slowed down if it the slope we had a hard time to keep our balance. With each step, a jarring pain shot my knee as my heart beat frantically and breath came in small spurts. Behind me, I could hear the rumbling sound of the ground became louder, mud smeared on my sweaty back as sweat dripped from my face. "S...Split up!" Said Hudson. What?!! Why are you suggesting that? Does he never watch a horror movie? at least if we stick together we will not die alone you dumbass!!!! There was a saying ''Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn¡¯t get you anywhere.'' and yes this was true. While I was worrying and protesting inside my mind, the other three already split up, Hudson and Karl went to the left, Herman to the right. If this was a scooby doo cartoon, then I was Shaggy, out of its four targets it chose me.Why don''t you go to the left side?! there are two people on that side!I thought. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck." I yelled aloud, throwing myself forward with my lungs and heart were pumping, but the air didn''t seem to be enough as I sprinted forward. "Good job! Keep running kiddo! Don''t stop!" A faint shout echoed through the air followed by a thunderous sound that rang out from the far. "How thick is its skin?!" "Stop complaining Hudson! c''mon, keep shooting!" It was only for an instant, but I turned my head when I heard them shouting like and simultaneously saw the thing for clearly this time. Its pale pink tube-shaped segmented body, arrows stuck and small holes produced on its body, moving by waves of contraction and expansion on its muscles that swept the ground; with tentacles squirming out from its mouth.This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. Hell no!! I''ve seen enough porn to know where this will be going.I thought while following my tingling sensation, evading each one of its tentacles. "Ice shards!" My target was the ground in front of me while utilizing its slight delay from the creation process, shards of ice rained down in their reversed cone-shaped arc, constructed fragments of ice shortly after I passed through that point. I imagined that it would be slowing its down but life chose to give me a lemon. Taking a quote from my favorite game ''It''s not very effective...'' It ignored my improvised caltrops and kept whipping its body closer, to make things worse the tingling sensation was gone from my body. It was funny that I always thought that the last 5 minutes of class always felt like forever, and this time 5 minutes flew in an instant. Wherewill it attack? left? up? aargh, fuck this shit!Mylegs were hunched, ready to leap. When I leaped I let out a yell "Stag''s Leap!"In mid-air sudden acceleration propelled me eleven meters away, barely manage to evade the tentacles. My body crashed down onto the ground squashed Dopinder''s camera, mechanical parts scattered around, green liquid leaked out from inside of my bag.Seriously?! this fucking worm. Raising my body back to the ground, I felt I forgot about something important, I couldn''t shake an eerie feeling that been pent up inside my body. "Hang on kiddo!!" Herman yelled, he took a grenade from his leather bag, pulled its pin and threw it to the front. As it exploded, everyone ducked down but there was no big explosion like the one I saw on the action movie, only black smoke and shrapnel flewonto its body. "That''s it. Eat this shit you fucking worm!!" Shouted Herman while he jumped after the explosion was over. Though I could tell that the damage created wasn''t that big, the shrapnel wasn''t stuck deep enough to make a fatal wound but it was enough to make the worm change its direction toward him. ...... "Ah!!!!"I looked at Herman and shouted "You are one crazy geezer. Give me your bag!" "Oh?!" As soon as Herman noticed that the worm switched its target, he threw the bag to me and ran while laughing. "Gahahahaha!!!!" "Herman! Crap! Hudson back me up!" Yelled Karl. As the worm aggro was directed to them, I ran and grabbed the leather bag that lay on the ground then I took something out of my bag. "Found it! how can I forget about this thing!" I took off the camera strap and bound it into the pesticide sprayer can; misty fog continuously spraying out from the can mouth. "Ice shards!!" As eleven shards of ice raining the worm body, even though the damage was insignificant it changed its target once again. Oh, no I ain''t planning to run away this time as soon as I was sure the worm was close enough. "Good! Suck on this!!" I pulled the pin at the first second I threw the pesticide into the grenade bag and tied it back. "Flying Projectiles!"Two seconds after I pulled the pin I threw it, the target was the worm mouth. It opened its mouth and tentacles squirming out, readied to pierce my body down. At the third second, the bag was propelled into its mouth. On the fourth second an explosion followed by dark purple smoke came out from the worm body, its tentacles dropped down. It wildly whipped its body back and forth, "Hah!" I read it once on the news that pesticides could harm the worm, it wasn''t too clear at first but after I thought this clearly that thing looked like a big worm. Though I didn''t how potent my Pesticides but considering the worm reaction, I guess this was potent enough to kill it. As the worm stopped whipping, my phone received a text message. >Quest >Achievement (3) >First-time Medium-Grade Kill. Reward: 10PP. >Crush Your Enemy I. Reward: 1PP >Alaska Giant Worm Slayer. Reward: 5PP. PP Gained: 16PP Total PP: 16.6PP Chapter 1.10 Freeze three times, This is my fourth attempt Sunday, 8:11 PM On a plane. Though shit happened, I managed to get into the plane. In the end, thanks to Woody I managed to escape from the barrage of questions also the stupid cub suddenly ran away from his cage. Well, look at the bright side, I manage to get myself suppliers for my concoctions, and get 16PP ****** Later on the same night. Cambridge, Massachutes, under some bridge. Two sisters each with their thick layered of shabby clothes that they never changed, threw many things into the fire to keep their body warm. "*Achoo!* Crystal... Help me get more things." Said Amber. Throwing everything from papers, woods, rag clothes, anything they could use to beat the chilling cold that pierced their bone. Scavenging through the dumpster, scratching around to find papers. While the girl around Amber age take a good care of their nail, painted it with a beautiful color, adding some accessory. Amber hands were their counterpart, nails crackling around painted with the brown color of dirt, callous on her fingers and rough hands. The same case happened on Crystal, body was thin, face was dirty, snot was falling from her nose. Forgot about acting like a princess that danced around on the ice, she had enough knowledge about the danger from the cold, rather than dancing or spinning around she would choose to curl up and grabbed as many cloths as she could to cover her body. Though for this time, some kind of joy filled her eyes when she found something. "Hey! Hey! Amber! Read this for me!" Said Crystal, she handed a book that was still in a good condition compared to the other books. Moving it a little bit toward the fire, Squinted her eyes, Amber saw the book with its Dark blue cover, gray letters that formed a word. "N..Name...Nameless Book?" Skimmed through its first few pages, no table of contents, only empty biodata and questions. "Ah!! this is a choose your own storybook right?" "....? What''s that?" Asked Crystal. "Right, you never know, let''s see..." Hands crawled at the ground, searching for some kind of tool that could be used for writing, the one that she found was a pencil, not longer than a toddler''s finger with its broken black lead. "Ah! Found one!" Pinched the pencil with her thumb and index, she dragged a cardboard closer to the fire, it was big enough so that the two of them could sleep on top of it, she sat and tapping between her leg, signaling Crystal to sit on the middle of her body, and then she began to write on the book. "What do you want for its character name?" Asked Amber.Stolen story; please report. "...? Amber?" Said Crystal, not knowing what choose your own storybook was. "C''mon, don''t use my name, it is embarrassing. Well, whatever~ Amber, F, 19." Turned the page around, she began to answer the question "Red, Alone, No, Yes, Yes, Hm, Yes, have a little sister? Yes. Occupation? In a sense I am a treasure hunter, right? and that''s all!" The next page was already written with
Welcome, Amber. F 19. (Protected) General status: Strength: 6 Endurance: 14 Dexterity: 8 Agility: 7 Intelligence: 4 Perception: 5 Willpower: 7 Charisma: 10
Though ignorant of a fool Amber wasn''t every about the odd things. "Aw~ the previous owner already writes the stat, geez, and he didn''t raise the intelligence either." Said Amber. "...Hey, are you done? Where is the story?" Said Crystal while she began to rub her eyes. "Almost over, wait for it~" Replied Amber then she turned the page onto the next one.
Skill Iron Stomach. Fire Coating. As a reward, the reader will get 10.000$ as a starting money, necessary equipment and the rest will be delivered to the reader home Location.
The world became illuminated, like the lightning was struck them. Thick gray smoke billowing into the skies. The once drk black sky was now shielded by a veil of grayness as the smoke swallows up the whole sky. "....Up." "Hrm? 5 more minutes mom." "Amber wake up!!!" Yelled Crystal, she shook Amber''s body as hard as she could with her little hands. "Hrngh?!" Drool from her mouth falling down onto the cardboard. Sky was already clear, pale blue sky shone at them, they already moved a few meters away from under the bridge, Memory was hazy but one thing that she knew, she used something to be her pillow. Moving her red greasy hair, daindruff falling down onto the brown wooden chest box. "OH! what a good box!" Said Amber, she moved the box a few times, checking its inside. "Hey, there''s something on the inside." She opened the chest with her hands, contrary to its tight looking the chest opened fairly easy. Inside of it were "...Hm? A Letter? ...''Sorry that you find the old System, here''s a new one as the replacement.'' What System? Who cares~." She put the letter onto her layered clothes, hoping that it could be used as a fuel. "...Oh? A phone with its charger? an ATM? and a bank account book? Well, it''s not like I can withdraw the money right?" She opened the bank account book and found. "....Name is.. Amber? Oh the same name as me? 10.000$ as a deposito?! This girl must be rich huh." "Hey! Hey! Hey! IS that a phone? can you open it? does it have a game?" Asked Crystal. Stealing a phone, using it for a little while and then sold it, that was their routine. "Don''t know. Let me try." Holding the power button for a few seconds, the phone was turned on, though there were only standard app and one additional app on it. "Aw~ it doesn''t have a game, but lucky for us, the person that dropped this isn''t lock his phone." *DING*
Installation completed. Congrats Amber, User ID #7083 Social Function has been enabled Guide Function has been enabled Shop Function has been enabled Quest Function has been enabled Quest Received New Quest: Get a Job. Reward: 1PP
Chapter 1.11 "Woof! Woof!" Three, the damn stupid wolf never knew when to quit. He never knew when to quit his barking, his slobbering or panting his rancid breath for all night long. I lost count of the number of times I imagined of rehoming him. "....Shut it, do you want me to get kicked?" I ordered him with face buried on the pillow, fully aware that he couldn''t understand my words. Room was a total mess, books and pieces of paper scattered on the floor, holes on the curtain, his water bowl flooded the wooden floor, piss and crap on my dirty laundry. With a staggering step came the teddy-bear canine, one small enough to fit in the arms of a child. From God who knew how he climbed into my bed, the mutt came closer to my hand and, after a few sniffs, he bit it. "That''s it you stupid mutt!! this is the 29th times!!" In the moment of rage, I took my phone, there were new notifications coming out from the Nameless App. Version 1.00.009 Calling all users, update incoming! What''s new? -Changes in the skill interface. -Add new languages: Dutch, Spanish and Russian. -Add Call on the Social Features. -Loading optimizations and settings for the low-end phone. "...Riiiiight, what are you? A game company?" Though I wondered about how they decided the update and who were updating it, on the side note what would happen if I didn''t have an internet connection?. "ah, right let''s buy the new skill first."
Name: Wild Empathy. Type:Mental. Grade:Basic. Description: Improve the initial attitude of an animal (A). Range: Touched. Duration:WILx minute. Cooldown: 30 minutes.
Shifting the new skill with Sense Invisibility, I stretched my hands that were covered with a bite mark and raised him up. "Wild Empathy." .... Nothing happened, there were no lights, no magic circle or anything similar to that but I knew that the skill was activated. And nothing changed with Three either, Like I said he never knew when to quit, while wagging his tail as hard as he could, he forced to break away from my grip, landed on top of my body and jumped around. "....You''re naughty to the core huh." grabbing his neck and putting him down, I walked to the kitchen while trying to sort my thoughts. "Let''s see, there is no class, no work, take Three to a vet, right I better say sorry to Dopinder and buy him the new one, what is the model once again? oh speaking of the vet, don''t I need to do another check up?" Drinking down a coffee, lighting up a cigarette, wolf barking as the background music, and one by one the to-do list increased. "Deliver the souvenir to Christmas, revising my thesis, capturing a killer... How do I find one? Should I go to the downtown and randomly kick stranger''s ass until I find one? Ah, now I wonder which is more important, the renewed protected status or the three additional features?"The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. Thoughts were scrambled, my brain couldn''t function properly, the best term for this was ''Error 404, Brain.exe is not responding.'' Suddenly an unexpected light painstroke my leg. I looked to the bottom and found the stupid mutt biting my ankle. "...Right, I haven''t fed you eh." What does a wolf eat?I left myme time and walked to the refrigerator. "...Eggs, french fries, bread, instant noodles, canned foods, nuggets, sausages, milk, beers, sodas." ...Now I''d just realized that my diet was a total mess. I took a piece of frozen nugget and threw it onto the floor, Three sniffed it a few times and moved the nugget from his face. "Can''t blame you, this brand sucks. How about this?" Opened the sausage and pointed it toward Three''s mouth, hesitation showed on his face though after he licked ithe fiercely ate the whole package of sausage. "You little pig, should I change your name into Gluttony?" Taking another cigarette, I picked up the dirty laundry while complaining. " *Sigh* I need to train him eh. Do they have a wolf whisperer? by the way, does a normal vet take a wolf cub as their patient?" First thing first, I cleaned myself and put Three onto the cage, my first destination was Dopinder''s room, located right in front of mine. Slowly knocking at the door, he got outin his cola stained sweatshirt, messy hair, unclean beard, deep eye bags. "Dude, I reached Immortal rank!" Was what the first thing he said. "...Congrats? By the waaaysince it is a good news, I''ll tell you the other one. I broke your camera, sorry." "Oh is that all? well, that''s an old one, don''t mind it." Said Dopinder. "Is that so? hahaha, I knew it that you''re a good friend." "LIKE HELL I WOULD SAY THAT YOU MOTHERFUCKER, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE JOB, ONE FUCKING JOB AND YOU BROKE IT?! BETTER PAY ME WELL!!!" Dopinder got to yell his lungs out and became a vengeful, personification of wrath, he didn''t just raise his voice, his muscles tensed and spits flying out from his mouth. "WOOF! WOOF!" The little mutt inside of his cage followed his shout like a choir. "...Is that a dog?" Asked Dopinder, he stopped shouting from out of nowhere, muscles were relaxed and he crouched down. "What happened to his leg?" "Shit happened; speaking of this, do you understand about dogs? want to keep him?" I said while offering Three with the cage. "Woof?!" "Nay, too many electronic on my room." Dopinder replied, he put his finger throughout the cage gap and continued his word. "Is he a hybrid? 75%? no seems like he is more than that." I was surprised. no, not because Dopinder understanding about the dog, but the thing that surprised me was Threedidn''t bite him. "...Eh, he is a pure wolf." "Oh, I see a pure wolf, hahaha. So... care to explain what happened?! first from out of nowhere you went to Alaska, borrowed my camera, broke it and brought back a wolf pup?!" "...Like I said shit happened and do you know the nearest vet? you seem to have a knowledge about this kind of things." "Yeah, I kept one back when I was a brat and about the nearest vet, why don''t you check the campus vet?" "Eh? We have one?" ***** At the veterinarian. The number of students, all in training surrounded Three.First, Three was weighed then they examined his teeth, every single one of them, all totaled in 15 taking a turn to measure his weight.I come at a bad timeI thought while patiently waited and watched the process, next they used a flashlight, moving it left and right to check how Three eyes responded to light, monitored his heart rate with a stethoscope and gave him a wormer and a round of vaccines. "Mr.Dew you can come back after four hours." Said the Vet. When I walked away, I could hear the scrabbling sound of pen scratched against the paper, the vet began to explainsomething with a Latin word while others listened to him. Chapter 1.12 In this heat, I could barely formulate a thought. It was usually cold but not this day, today the sun was at full blast. I curled my fingers around the thin fabric of my top, waving it in and out to create just a little air flow. Nope just kidding, people tended to act cocky when they rich, I presumed that was what occurred to me right now. Rather than walking in this high August sun, I ordered an Uber. Yup, that was my standard for being a cocky person. Dawdled under the coolness of air conditioner, I stared at Christmas message. Christmas: Come to the bar ASAP, there''s an emergency! Yeah, what he meant by emergency must be. There is this new cute girl, here''s the plan, you guys better not ruin it or House XX is making a party. Still, he was the boss. Friend or not I was working with him and I did skip the work so I could go to Alaska. "We''re here. Make sure not to leave anything behind and don''t forget to leave a 5-star rating." Said the driver. While wondered about what would happen I entered the bar and found that the crew already arrived. Four waitresses, one cook, three bartenders, one bouncer, and Christmas. Joining with the others and sat on the red stool, while Christmas sat on the wooden crate, he welcomed me with "Where''s my salmon vodka?" "...Eh, I left it at my apartment. Don''t worry, I''m planning to take this night shift." "Ah, yes... speaking of that." As he rubbed his hand to the back of his nape. "You see... I have two news, a bad news and a good one." Said Christmas. The mood and pressure were heavy when he finished his words. I checked the other face, all pale, some clenched their jaws and others gulped their saliva. "Don''t tell me we''re bankrupt?!" I said, couldn''t help to contain my curiosity. "No, no, on the contrary, you see, about the new hotel? I manage to close the deal about making a club at their place." Said Christmas. "That is the good news? So what about the bad one?" Asked Felice, one of the maids. Basically, we will be relocated onto that club huh? I thought on my mind. "...now how should I put it." Replied Christmas while he held his chin, this should be a bad news but not a single sign of worry showed on his face, on the contrary, I could sense he tried his best to hold his excitement. "Argh whatever, Dew you''ll become the manager of this bar." "....Eh? How is that bad news?" at least to me that was a good news. "Who said that it is the bad news? now, prepare yourself for the bad one." Grin showed on his mouth, like a detective he asked us "When are the best word to describe a summer?" "Beach?" Said Felice. "Nope." "Party?" I said. "Almost, c''mon you guys almost get it."Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. "Shark?" Said Gordon the cook. "Yup, yup it is related to that." "Beach party?" Said the bouncer. "I already said it isn''t related with the beach." "Ice cream?" Said another bartender. "No! Gah! you guys suck! It''s a summer camp, a cabin, thriller, horror, slasher, you know that kind of stuff." Said Christmas, he stepped away from the wooden crate, though I wondered why I felt familiar with that crate. He opened the crate and took something from its inside. "...What the fuck?!" Words automatically came out from my mouth when I saw Christmas holding down a wolf pelt. I felt every neuron of my brain wasfrying to ashes and it went boom! "Now, here''s the bad news, I''m planning to make the last event on this bar, of course, it will be related to a cabin in the woods. My guts are telling me this will be a big success. So, rest up for this night, you guys will busy for the next whole week." Said Christmas. As if stuck underwater, everything was slow and warbled as Christmas continued to explain. "Dew? Hello? Can you meet me at the office after the party?" He demanded. "Eh? yeah sure." Though how should I put this, normally people would feel jealous when they saw their colleagues getting a promotion, but not in this bar. The others raised their mouth into a smile, hands taking part in the soundless gesture, hoping the best for me. If this was the normal situation it would be a verydelicious moment but "Haha! C''mon to happy to say anything eh Dew?" Said Gordon, I bet my face washed blank with confusion like every muscle of my body just froze before a forced grin crept onto my face. In the middle of the day we started to pour the alcohol into our body. A short party but it was enough to conclude our plan, the design and every detail that we needed to have. Soon, everyone left, silence stroke the bar and Christmas opened his mouth "Now, here''s the real deal. Listen carefully and don''t freak out." In my mind, I began to speculate what he was going to say. Is he going to explain how he gets the wolf pelt? no, there is a chance that he buys it from someone else. "The thing is, you''re not going to be a manager." Said Christmas. "...Oh." Thoughts ran wild inside my mind,Is this the part where he will be confessing that he is part of some secret group and I am invited?!! "C''mon don''t be disappointed like that. My offer is better than a manager, the truth is I''m thinkingabout making this bar as a franchise, so this is a little experiment, but how aboutbecoming this bar owner?" I felt that he just said something important, but my brain couldn''t turn fast enough to take in the information. "...Dude? Bro? Dew? Hello?" Snapping his finger while moving his hands, I got awoken from my daydream. "Eh... is that all?" "Is that all? Is that all?! I''m giving you a free bar and your reaction is ''is that all?!'' shouldn''t you go crying?! or something like that?!" Said Christmas. "No, I mean is there something else that you wanted to tell me?" I said while trying to pry some information from him. "Oh, is it about the profit? Don''t worry, I''ll take the 70% profit in the first year and 35% for the next five years after that everything is yours." "Eh... that''s not what I meant but c''mon are you joking?! 70% is too much, make that straight 35% for the next six years. Wait, that''s not it. Don''t you have anything else?" "Already negotiating eh, alright make that 50% and 35% for the next five years and I''m going to give you all the drinks." "...No that''s not what I meant, and what the hell?! you''re planning to give me the bar and not giving me the drinks?! no, no, no let''s focus here; how do you get the wolf pelt?" "Does it matter? I bought it from someone else and of course not, I''m going to give you the standard drink but I''ll take the rare one and speaking of which I am taking all of the crew, so make sure to have someone else to replace them." "...WTF?! are you telling me to suicide huh?! your intentions is a franchise right?! shouldn''t you give me like I don''t know at least a bartender and a waitress?! Wait, wait, wait. Let''s talk about this matter at a later time." I Said, hesitantly I started to open my mouth "...Is that the pelt cost 0.2PP/each?" "Yup it cost 0.2PP." Replied Christmas like it was our usual conversation. ....................... A long moment of silence filled the room, no one was talking, our brain cogs were trying its best to process what we just said. "HUH?! WAIT A MINUTE! HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?!" Said Christmas, his eyes opened wide, hands grabbed my shoulder and violently shook my body. Chapter 2.1 The black metallic hybrid electric 5-door sedan cruised down the road. I was sitting in the front passenger seat with soft leather and dubstep song playing so loud that I could barely hear what Christmas said. "Dude, you should have told me about this, no wonder you kept looking at your phone." "Says the guy that never told me anything." There was something in the way he talked that made me thought. "...So, for how long do you get this?" Christmas''s hand stroking the wheel while the idle one directing his grape flavored vape to his mouth. "Hm, I got this slightly before I retired from college so around three years." Said Christmas after he exhaled thick aromatic smoke. How should I put our situation right now, fragments of thought played in my mind, splinters of words came out from my mouth, and droplets of silence spun all at once. I discovered that my best friend had been doing this kind of thing for three years, all without me knowing it? No, I wasn''t angry more like amazed by how he kept it hidden for three years. "So what are you going to do?" Said Christmas changed another topic once again. "Eh? What do you mean by that? I guess graduate and stick on your bar for the next few years." "No that''s not what I meant. Read the mood goddamnit, what do you plan to do with your next quest?" "That huh, no clue. My best idea is running in the street and kicking people ass until I hit a jackpot." "Oh, why don''t you investigate a cold case? might had a better chance." "...Dude, if the polices and detectives can''t solve it, what makes you think I can?" Then absolute stillness stroke again. Smokesdrifted in our surrounding. The music was loud but not a sound could be heard. Even my own breath seemed to die as soon as it left my mouth and the one that broke the silence this time was me. "Do you know someone else?" "Yeah, I know some other guys, one of them is pretty famous, have you ever heard about the caped crusader? Well, he wasn''t the caped crusader back when I met him though." .... I remembered I had this kind of awkward conversation before. You knew the kind of conversation when a stranger trying to talk with you when you were lining up, one that always ended with an awkward silence and he wouldtalk again but with a different topic. "Right!! About the wolf you mentioned before, may I borrow him this Sunday?" Said Christmas.The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. "Eh? Three? Well sure but for what?" "C''mon have you seen a guy that walks with his dog in a park? he always surrounded by women right?" ".....He is a wolf though." "C''mon who will notice the difference? ah, we''re here." Said Christmas, yeah first thing first we needed to get some supplies. A swarm of cars were parked in front and beside the red-brick building. This was the place where we could get everything that we need, from knives, guns, medicines, communication devices, accessories and et cetera. Some were walking while others driving a motorized shopping cart. "Alright, I''m going to get the party property. Met me at the food court after you finish." Said Christmas. While looking to my own shopping list, I wandered around on this jungle of things "...Let''s see, collar, dog food... Wait, does wolf eats normal dog food? argh, whatever I''ll just get some meat, Litter box, sand, maybe some toy? Next is Dopinder''s camera, my own food, ah right, let''s buysome game console." "Your total comes to 2930$, how will you be paying today sir? will that be cash or charge?" Said the cashier,Shopping was a scary thing when you couldn''t control yourself. From my average 200$ I''ve spent almost 3,000 bucks in an instant. "....Charge please." I replied while looking through at the other unnecessary thing that I put into my cart,When did I put this thing down? I complained in my mind when I saw the pile of junks that I knew I would never use. Quest... I need to complete the quest this night! I thought afterFinishing the transaction while regretly looking at my own junks. Wild Empathy: 0.3PP PP Left: 16.3 ***** Thefood court was a choir of loud chatter, each people raising their voices to beechoed around the room. The food was secondary to the information that was exchanged here, though no one ever really bothered of what others said. "...Damn, your Skills distribution is a total mess." Said Christmas nonchalantly as he looked at my phone. "Yeah, I''m just taking whatever I need." "Well whatever, give me your phone, I''ll send the friend request." The process was simple enough though, just input the name alongside the ID number and the invitation was sent. "#6351 eh, by the way, I kinda forget about this matter but since you''re taking the crew how can I manage the bar?" "Dunno~ you''re the manager now, just go recruit someone else. My advice, better to recruit ASAP while the crew is still there." ***** The same time at some random motel. The motel was one of those seedy places where men with beer guts went to bang other men''s wives with promises they couldn''t afford to keep or the hookers brought their john''s there and paid for rooms by the hour. Weeds grew through the cracks in the concrete path and the litter from cheap take-out meals were strewn across it. There were external wooden stairs that lead to a second floor, the secondroom from the stairs,where two young girls rented a room, bodies were clean, hairs were neat, and stomachs were full. "Hey Crystal, how do I look?" Said Amber, she circled the room in her crisp suit, her folded half-moon glasses bouncing up and down as she tapped her foot. Clunkily she walked with her two-inch heel striking the wooden floor on every third bounce or so. "Brilliant!" two enthusiastic thumbs up given by Crystal. "Haha! Just wait, I''ll definitely get a job today!" Chapter 2.2 In that frozen second between standoff and fighting, I saw their eyes flicked from me to him. Our faces were unreadable, no fear, no invitational smirk. In that instant they flew at me, ignoring him. I was the one supporting ''my partner,'' he had no reason to be afraid. They expected it to be five on two, over in a bloody flash and then they went back to their base. But things didn''t go their way, not at all. I predicted they would come from of the river bank, and they did. In seconds he had jumped to their unprotected middle, breaking their formation apart. "Repel now!!" He said. "Woof!" Three barked passionately on the heat of this battle, painstakingly he climbed into the nearest spot, positioned himself and did a headbutt. "Wait, stupid mutt! don''t touch that!" Right at this moment, I knew I fucked up. I should''ve cast Repel rather than stopping Three. Mount Everest has been disconnected. *BRAAK* The sound of something being slammed came from Dopinder''s room. It was how he wrote his emotions into the air, hoping that it would reduce his pain. "Idi nahui, cyka blyat, blyat, blyaaat!!" Curses words came out in his native language, from Dopinder''s reaction I knew we lost the match. Looking at my broken router, I picked Three, stare at his satisfied face and said. "...Look at what you have done." At first, I thought if I filled his bowl he wouldn''t bother me, but I forgot when it came to eating, he was a bottomless pit. In an instant, he finished the small chunk of meat and started to bite my legs the whole game while barked like there was no tomorrow. Speaking of food, I haven''t eaten either eh. I put him back on the floor, walked through the kitchen while wondering how many days since I ate a decent dinner. Taking out some chicken legs that I bought this afternoon, rubbed them with SPG, coated them with an oil, nextput some oil and butter into the pan, grilled the chicken while marinating it with instant barbeque sauce; all of it happened while Three climbing and biting my legs and through the miracle of time 10 pieces of simple grilled chicken was done. My right hand browsed for any kind of news, whilemy left hand delivered the chicken leg straight into my mouth all of these happened while Three giving me his puppy eyes. Musician XxX on the emotional moments in his songwriting, new documentary. The entrepreneur behind the fight for sharing 3D printed gun blueprints. Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.Police offer 10,000$ rewards for a man suspected of murder. President wage a war of word against the domestic intelligence and security service. "Woof! Woof!" Barked Three, he climbed onto my leg while kept looking at the chicken legs with his blue eyes and silver tail swishing around, I knew what he wanted. "...You glutton mutt." I curled my fingers around the chicken legs, as my arm wheeled backward and I threw the chicken leg, instead of doing what I expected, he leaped forward,climbed onto my body and dove down to the plate. Bones and legs fell down and scattered on the floor, without a single care he ignored the legs and chomping the bones. "Ho...How can you move like that, *sigh* Whatever, I''m eating outside." Taking my hoodie, I left my apartment that now officially became a dumpster. ***** It was a very dark night, about eleven o''clock. I was struck by the strange,lonely feeling of the city''s atmosphere. Yet I noticed before me, at the foot of the statuetwo men with an appearance younger than me opening a woman purse and rummaging things inside. With a half-eaten burger on my left hand and rocks on my dominant hand; a rock flying like it was thrown by a professional baseball player. One hit was enough to make one of them staggered "Oi! are you fine?!" Said the other men. "And...*Gulp*" As I gulped down my burger, I leaped; not a world breaking leap but on the mid-air "Stag''s Leap." As an unexplainable force propelled me for a few meters away and I landed right next to them. Women wallet, a perfume, portable cell phone charger, healthy snacks and nail polish.Yup those two must be a thief. One still staggered and one wasn''t said anything, heck he didn''t even try to run away, he just sat still with his ass kissing the ground. "Please don''t hurt me!" Was the first word he said to me. At the same time, my phone was buzzing, as I took another bite and checked my phone "Eh... it''s cool bro, my business is done. Still... whose purses is that? I don''t know about your story but keep doing this and you''ll end up in a jail." He stared as I gave him a piece of life advice. "...What are you waiting for? Hush! go take your friend away." Now I knew a face someone made when a stranger suddenly threw a rock at you, jumped out of nowhere, gave you an advice and let you go? Preciselylooked like a pop-eyed toy from one of those claw machines at the fun fair. Lending his friend a shoulder, he started to walk away. "Wait, you forget about this." I said while throwing the purse to them. "O..oh thanks sir." He stared at me with his empty zombie eyes, clumsily taking the purse and left. While lighting up a cigarette, I looked at my phone screen, "Ho~ after two hours its finally done eh." Two hours I spent my time aimlessly walking, kicking any suspicious person asses, after 32 people I managed to complete my quest. While remembering the awkwardness after I beat someone or capturing them and found out that my quest wasn''t progressed, it was enough to make me die from the awkwardness. Beat a bandit (15/15) Reward: 0.3PP Capture aburglar (10/10) Reward: 0.2PP Total PP: 16.8 Chapter 2.3 On 24 hour restaurant, 3 PM where the sun shone brilliantly and the water in the pond glittered invitingly. Amber sat back and let the disappointment soaked right into her bones, for the umpteenth time she had been rejected by her employer. "W..Why the hell a high school diploma and birth certificate is necessary to get a part-time job!!!" Yelled Amber, on the street that filled with peoples that wore suits like it were their second skin. "And how the hell I can get a job experience if every vacancy needs someone that already has experience!!!!" Feet stomping harshly on the rough cobbled street, almost empty CV paper, annoyment pasted on her face and in her desperation she saw a waitress posted something on the store glass door. We''re Hiring! Bartender Up to 12$ per hour plus tips. Free meals on duty. Full-time opportunities available. Series of tests will be given. Cook Up to 12$ per hour. Free meals on duty. Full-time opportunities available. Waiter/Waitress Up to 8$ per hour plus tips. Free meals on duty. Good looking. Age 18-25. Great communication skills Work time: 11.00-01.00 Closed on Wednesday. "Good looking and great communication skills? ...No experience needed?...... NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED?! Ma''am!! I want to apply!!!" A few hours before. Dew Apartment. The rambunctious blaring of the small alarm clock jarred me out of my peaceful sleep and I jolted up, no it wasn''t the alarm sound that woke me up, it was a sound that Three made when he crashed the clock onto the floor and smashed it repeatedly. "Woof! Woof!" "...Three stops woof woofing." I said while scratching my head that covered with a not too long nor not too short black hair. Doing my morning routine, I sat on the lavatory staring at the grubby paint on the wall and humming with a smile plastered on my face; who wouldn''t smile all day when today was the day they got their own business, just signed a few pieces of paper and voila. Wearing my only formal clothes, a grey suit complemented with a grey trouser and plain scuffed shirt. "How do I look Three?" I asked Three that still fiercely ate his portion of breakfast and ignored me. "....Whatever, be a good boy and don''t make a mess." It was only an instant, but I saw a spark in his eyes right after I closed the door. ***** The lawyer glanced down at the paperwork as if considering options. He glanced up again, serious but kindly, "Alright this is everything, have a nice day." Said the lawyer, leaving me and Christmas on the 2nd-floor office. "Dang, I never know there are those many documents for transferring the ownership." I said while loosening my tie that been strangled my neck all these time. "Me too.. By the way Dew, join my guild." Said Christmas out of the blue in his blue Hawaiian shirt and orange sunglass. Right after he said that a buzz came from my pocket. "Eh, sure." As I took my phone to accept his invitation, there were two notifications came on Nameless App.
Augmented Mask (2/50) Guild Leader: Christmas Ross (937.90 PP Gained) Guild Buff: None Guild Quest: None Guild Member: 1. Dew Everest (30.75 PP Gained)
>Achievement: >Join a Guild: Join a guild for the first time. Reward: 5PPThis narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. "...No wonder you never have a money problem, by the way can you pick another name? Augmented Maks sounds like a middle school rock band name." "Why? this one sounds great." "...Great eh? somehow I can''t wait to know what name you''ll give to your kids." "Oh and one more thing, I found a great request, might need some help to complete it." "Eh... what is the detail?" "NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED?!" A yell like an exploding grenade came out of nowhere, reverberating through my ear, enough to make me jumped out from my seat. What followed after that yell was Felice with her glossy shine skin and the salty dropsrained down from her face. "No Dew..I mean Boss, there is someone asking about the recruitment." "Eh... Already?Damn, that''s fast. Tell her to wait for five minutes, I have something to discuss with Christmas." "No, no, no, I can wait, by the way I wanna see the interview process." "Eh, I am not planning to dothat, well whatever let''s go the bar." By day thisbarwasn''t that full, no music echoed on the air and thereweren''t that many chatters. As we walked down there were only five people, four of them was a regular that usually came at this hour while the other one was a girl, light brown hair that seemed not maintained tied to the back, and she was the perfect definition of a term ''The suit wear you.'' and a leather bag that definitely didn''t fit her appearance. "Sorry, we aren''t looking for a managerial position." I said to the girl while wondered why she seemed familiar. "No! any position is fine! please, sir! I need this job!!" Begged the girl to me without introducing herself. Minus 10 points... Somehow I have a bad feeling about this girl."Oh, any experience in a service industry?" "But you said you don''t need an experienced worker!" ...Bad attitude, minus 10 points. "No I don''t, just asking, let''s start." "Yep! I''m ready!" "Okay... we''re gonna do a roleplaying, me and this guy will be your guest while Felice will be your coworker." Without further instructions, I and Christmas sat at the nearby sofa, patiently waited for her to come and took our orders. Minus 10 points."Miss, we''ll like to order some beers." I said as I raised my hand to call her. "O..oh, right. Mr. Bartender! Two beers please!"...Un..unbelieveable. She yelled like that from the distance?! "Miss, change my order, I''m driving so I can''t drink alcohol." Said Christmas. "Oh, what do you want then?" ...Another minus. "Actually, forget about it, I just remembered we need to go somewhere, here is your tip miss."I said while I put the tip on the table and without hesitation, the trainee took the money before we left and counted it right in front of our face. "5$..10$ Alright sir, have a good day." Said the Girl. "Eh, yes have a good day miss, please come back after you learn some manner." Though I sure the way I said it was explicit enough, she tilted her head and in a confused tone, she asked. "Oh, is this the part where I should leave my number and you call me after a few days?" "*Sigh* Nope, just go straight to your home, brush your teeth and pity yourself. Oh, just in case I do not make it clear again, you''re rejected." "What?! What is my mistake?!" ...She seriously asked that?! "Eh I wonder, why don''t you say it for yourself?" "Ehm... wait a minute, erm..."withher chin resting on one hand as though deep in thought, she replied "I know! the way I stand right?! it is hard to stand with this shoes!" "Nope, *sigh* you know what? just keep the tip, that should be enough for your bus ticket." "Wait! wait, wait! I can do a magic, how about that? I can show you right here right now!" "Eh, not interested." Yeah... I meant once people could do shit for real why would they wonder about a magic trick? "Oh~? Magic you say? This seems fun, why don''t you perform for us?"...Thank you, Christmas for expressing your opinion. "Alright, Watch this." She rolled her sleeve and showed her obvious dry tan skin. "You see, there is nothing on my hand right? right?" Asked the girl. "....." "Riiiiiiight?" Asked the girl one more time while she moved closer and showed her arm right in front of my face. "...Yes, yes there is nothing on that." "Fufu~" She took a tissue out of the box and continued to say "This is a normal tissue, no trick right? watch this." As she pointed her index and middle finger toward the tissue, she said "Fire Coating." Slowly while moving her fingers a track of fire coated the tissue and burned it down. "Ouch!" Though the fire spread faster and burned her hand. As she sucked on her finger "...How about that?" "Oh! Amazing, amazing! is there something else you can do?" Said Christmas. "Something else? Ehm... Ah, can you see this bag?! it is empty right? there is nothing on it right?!" ...She showed us a brown leather bag that somehow looked very dark on it inside, as she put her hand in and ransacking the inside, a big doll that 100% impossible to fit into the bag came out from it and her made up sound effect followed it "Jaja~" "Bravo! Bravo!" Said Christmas while he clapped his hand. "It is a yes from me! hey, Felice,Pablo how about you guys?" "How do you do that?" Said Juan the bartender. "By the way it is a yes from me." "You know Dew.. I mean Boss, you can make a magic show if she worked with us, so it is a yes from me!" Said Felice. "Alright, It is decided!! Three yes! Congrats and welcome onboard~" Said Christmas "Is that so?! Thank you, sir! I promise I won''t disappoint you three~!" Said the girl.