The World Of Skill

Mad Rabbit and Bitten Carrot

Mad rabbit, as the name suggests it should be an enraged version of a normal rabbit. Ryu doesn’t think much about it but when he saw the mad rabbit, he realizes that this is a game and normal logic doesn’t work here.

The mad rabbit doesn’t look anywhere near a normal rabbit. Walking around with two feet, their hand is swinging around an oversized carrot twice their size. The vicious weapon contrasting to their cute appearance is a sight to behold.

Ryu move behind a tree takes out his bow and aimed at the mad rabbit.

「You have activated hide. 」

He waited for the right moment before releasing the arrow. His arrow failed to met his expectation as the rabbit’s ear twitched and it dodged the sharp projectile.

“Fuuuuuuu!”

「You have been detected by the mad rabbit. 」

Unlike the smiling who is ignorant of Ryu’s attack, the mad rabbit directly turned its head towards him and looked angry. After letting out a cute but scary scream, the mad rabbit running towards him while flailing the carrot.

Panicked with that, Ryu tried to shoot more arrow but haste aiming won’t get him anywhere. He tried to move backward and stumbled when the rabbit is approaching.

“Sh*t!”

He tried to use the bow as a stick and tried to hit the mad rabbit but it jumped to his right and at that moment, he can see that the carrot is getting bigger in his vision.

 「You’ve been hit by an attack. 」

A -32 number appeared in front of him and his health gauge immediately fall by one third.

“Crap! What kind of rabbit is this? Is this really the tutorial?”

Looking at the mad rabbit, Ryu is trying to get away from it but it seemed to hold a grudge after being his target.

「You’ve been hit by an attack. You’ve been hit by an attack.

You have died. You have lost 10% of your experience. Respawning in 1 minute. 」

After one minute, Ryu respawned near Randy. There are some gains from his first death in the game. Firstly, the pain from the attack is real. For Ryu who lived in a modern world, he never got hurt badly aside from falling down or hit an electric pole when he is too busy focusing on looking at girls. The pain he experienced from getting hit by the mad rabbit immediately cloud his judgment and send him into a panic which makes him look stupid.

Secondly, Ryu excels in archery. However, that condition only applies to hitting a static target and in the condition where the target couldn’t fight back. The mad rabbit’s hearing itself is highly sensitive and one of the hardest monsters to target with a ranged attack.

Thirdly, when Ryu is trying to attack rapidly in panic, he suffers a penalty from trying to attack exceeding his attack speed which is determined by his agility stats. Attacking rapidly needed higher agility or dexterity to increase the accuracy which offset the penalty in accuracy.

There are merit and demerit to everything. Choosing a melee weapon will increase his melee capability and might help him fight better, but for Ryu who never been involved in a fight before in real life, dodging might be another issue.

Not everyone can dodge an incoming attack or projectile. Reflex was clearly not Ryu’s forte as his archery practices heavily concentrating on standing still and maintaining posture and focused aim.

Silently cursing why his family lineage didn’t practice kendo instead of archery, Ryu examined the death penalty.

10% of loss in experience immediately diminished his experience bar that barely increased from killing the smiling. There is also a chance to drop his equipped item upon death but luckily it wasn’t applied on the training ground. The respawn time of 1 minute is also one of the main reasons why people play Green World. Unlike other virtual reality games that give one day ban of gaming, Green World only imposed 1 minute of respawn time.

The developer said that if you even banned from playing when you die, it will make the tendency of the player into rage or anger when they die and it is the opposite purpose of why people play the game which is to have fun. Of course, some masochists enjoyed torturing themselves but the Green World is a game for the masses, not select perverts.

The respawn point also can only be done in town which you registered before or your teammate can resurrect you on the one-minute duration. After one minute, you couldn’t be resurrected anymore and given a choice to immediately transported to town to respawn or linger around as a spirit with limited vision and can’t move away from your current location.

“Randy, is there an easier way to hunt monster?”

With his defeated warrior appearance, he turned his hope to the more experienced NPC.

“Unlike melee fights, ranged attack gives you the advantage of initiating the battle and getting the first hit. The downside is you need to make sure that you are successful. As I said before, it might be hard for now but when you get a party member that gives you an opportunity to launch an attack you will enjoy the feeling when your coordinated attack is connected.”

“I already know about that! I want to know if there is a way for me to trap the monster to make it stop for a bit?”

“Of course, there is a way. Putting bait on the ground works really well against an animal with low intelligence. The mad rabbit is one of those highly instinctive animals but possessed low intelligence. Here, you can try luring them with this bitten carrot.”

「You have acquired bitten carrot x 5. Quest progress 5/8. 」

“Fuuuu. If you have the quest item already why you asked me to find more? Can’t I just turn in the quest right now?”

“Unfortunately, I won’t consider the carrot that I gave you as your own accomplishment. Make sure you succeed and not losing them on the process.”

“Wait, are you a loan shark now? Will I end up with no carrot if I fail in the end and need to return more amounts of carrot? You blood-sucking leech is the cancer of community!”

“I don’t understand what you are implying. I only give you some bitten carrot and demand them back with the initial requirements.”

“Sure, you didn’t put any interest and require me to return 10 but still... Never mind. I’ll better go back and hunt that damnation rabbit. How dare it kills me.”

Ryu found the culprit of his death still roaming the area. He tried to move as slow as possible to make sure the mad rabbit didn’t notice him. He put down the bitten carrot on the ground and move behind a boulder and waited for the target to eat the bait.

The mad carrot examined the surrounding before it slowly moved to approach the bitten carrot on the ground. After sniffing around and make sure it is safe, it bit the carrot and started to eat.

“This is the chance!”

Ryu picks up his bow and arrow but his hurried movement immediately detected by the mad rabbit and run away to avoid the danger. The mad rabbit is now far away and the bitten carrot on the ground started to disappear.

“Darn it! There is no interest in the bitten carrot but at this rate, I will really get into debt.”

Ryu’s mistake earlier is his hasty movement and he didn’t prepare his weapon beforehand. He was too focused on seeing whether the bait works or not and fails to see the bigger picture.

“Do I really have no talent to play the game?”

Once more Ryu finds an area with a mad rabbit and put down the bait. This time he takes out his bow and prepares for the right moment to attack. As they said, patience is a virtue and Ryu succeeded this time.

-48

A string of damage appeared on top of the mad rabbit. There is no health bar appearing on top of the mad rabbit. Ryu has to examine the animal to see whether his attack is working and make a guess of the monster's remaining health. There are several ways to make hunting monster easier. Searching online on the monster database or from other player’s experiences facing them to learn the hunting method and making an approximate of the monster's remaining health.

The mad rabbit tried to attack Ryu but its speed has fallen drastically due to the arrow that hits its leg and reducing its mobility. Learning from his earlier mistake and with extra time earned from the rabbit slower movement, Ryu takes his aim.

-32

The arrow hits the mad rabbit and it immediately falls down to the ground.

「You have killed the mad rabbit. You have earned 20 experience. 」

The rabbit body didn’t disappear into white lights this time signifying that it has a drop item. Ryu approached the mad rabbit’s body and looted it.

「You have acquired bitten carrot x 2. 」

The bait that he used earlier is gone and it seemed to be considered have been acquired by the mad rabbit that he killed.

“Alright! I can do this. Let’s clear this carrot debt and find some girls to impress.”

After his first success, Ryu seemed to be able to get the hang of the game combat system. His second and third rabbit was killed without a problem. The fourth rabbit managed to dodge his attack and go after him but this time he doesn’t go into a panic and finally managed to kill the rabbit after a close fight and lost 80% of his health.

While sitting down to catch his breath and waiting for his health to regenerate, Ryu looked up at the sky which is quite dark and decorated with stars.

“Although the mad rabbit is annoying and the battle is hard, this is fun.”