Chapter 4: Sword user's Concentration
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Continuing what she left yesterday. Kaede logged into the fantasy world online.
“Yosh! Let’s also do our best today! Lets’s go to the forest today too… I also want new skills.”
Kaede wasn’t the type who is engrossed in leveling up. But still, she is attracted by the exciting feeling that you get when you gain a new skill. Like filling the collection with new items. This moment was very fun.
“I should get skills that will raise my STR mostly right. More STR means more attack power right!”
She is very simple-minded but she is not wrong for the most part. STR translates into strength. Raising her STR status sure grants her powerful attack.
With her usually slow walking pace. She went outside of the town.
I wonder what should I try doing today.
She thought like that, and the first thing that comes t her mind was sensory awareness. If you can be aware of the enemy's presence from the start, there shouldn't be a more convenient thing than that.
I should learn it.
Kaede seat down on the ground and take a deep breath. Closed her eyes and searched for presence. Actually, this approach is wrong.
The real approach is written on the conqueror’s bulletin board. Hit the unseen enemy with an attack bow and arrows or throwing stones if you know that it is there.
It was like that, although it seems that there is a hole in the system.
In the first place, if Kaede acquires it in this approach. Kaede would be able to use Sensory Awareness in the real world. Kaede is not superhuman or anything like esper. Just a plain dumb girl playing around.
And Kaede who don’t know anything for real closed her eyes and concentrated mindlessly. (Note: She fell asleep)
She just did that, after three hours.
To Kaede’s ears who had just exerted patience for unknown reasons, a system message had arrived.
(Skill meditation had acquired.)
“What? It’s wasn’t sensory awareness… I see it’s too bad…”
Just like that, when she tried to stand up, she noticed that her body was heavy. She opened both of her eyes and when checked her body. From centipedes and caterpillars that are small fries. To wolves that were a bit stronger, they clinging to Kaede’s defenseless trying to attack it.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?!!”
With a dramatic scream, she started to panic and then pulled her short sword immediately. She started slashing around her and defeat e the monster that clinging to her body.
Her STR is 616 it was a very easy feat. She takes to the ring she goes to the bee. She survives the attack. Not that she remembers it she noticed that her HP was down to the red zone. While concentrating she didn’t notice at all. She drinks a potion to relieve her lost HP.
Caught by Kaede’s scream, monsters were coming out from their hiding and come to attack Kaede.
Without using her provoke skill she indeed provokes these monsters.
And after that…
(Your level had risen to level 11)
“It was a fats fight but difficult at the same time… Well then, let's check the skills.”
(Meditation) If using 1% of maximum HP will recover in ten seconds. The duration of the effect is 10 minutes. No P needed.
While in meditation you cannot take any attack movements.
“Sounds like meditation in real life… Well, It will cover my lack of Vitality. It’s very welcome to my skill collections. Maybe I should use provoke more and defeat the monster with a swing of my sword before it reaches me. That way I can level up easier. My only problem is that I can't control the monster that will be provoked by my skill… I don’t know if a high-level monster came to kill me if I use it. I must use it carefully I think.”
Anyways, with this, she would be able to raise her level anytime.
“The only left is to place the status points to STR… There are 10 status points!”
Kaede receives twice the amount of the status points given at the multiples of tens. This was created that way but to Kaede. It was an unexpected gift, and she was somehow happy with it.
Kaede’s current status:
Name: Kaede
Level: 11
HP: 40/40
MP: 12/12
STR: 130 (+34)
VIT: 0 (+10)
AGI: 0
DEX: 0
INT: 0
Equipements
Head: None
Body: Starting armor
Right hand: Warrior short sword
Left hand: None
Legs: None
Shoe: Starting boots
Accessories: (Ring of the forest queen bee)
Slot 1: None
Slot 2: None
Skills: Sword boost, Provoke, Poison resistance level 2, Meditation, Endure.
Kaede confirmed her status lastly, nodded very satisfied, and logged out.
…
But while Kaede is sleeping in her room in the real world she became a hot topic for a while in the online forum on Fantasy world online. She doesn’t really browse too much and she will never gonna know about it. Just like how she didn’t know that she’s popular in her school.
She became a talk in the forum because of her weirdness. Like a newbie saw her killing monster with a furious face and now she's letting herself being wrapped by a monster for many hours.
Players wonder why she didn’t die.
They didn’t know but Kaede acquire Endure skill that let her endure physical damage and her accessory ring grants her health regeneration. While she is meditating honestly while she is sleeping in the game. That’s the only explanation she didn’t die at that time.
It’s weird but it was true.
Players also talked about her killing the monster so fast with a starting weapon. They think it was a bug or a cheat. But they didn’t know that Kaede has a sword boost that allows her to multiply her STR by four. Because she was a special case.
Just by playing the game in few days. Kaede indeed unlocks hidden things other players didn’t find out after many years of playing the game.
Not even the strongest player in the game has the skill Provoke and sword boost to begin with.
Kaede sure has a god of luck on her side.
Lastly, people talked about her looks.
Picture of her face scattered in the forum. People are thinking that she is some kind of Idol in real life.
The game Fantasy world online didn’t have character creation. The game scans the entire body and face of the player. When you go to the game your real-life appearance will be your appearance.
Because of her cute looks and petite body.
Some players started to create some kind of hidden association for her. More like a fans club.
Still, Kaede will never gonna know about that.
…
The next day has come.
After going home from school she cooked dinner and eat while watching her favorite anime. She then washes her dish and takes a bath. Relaxing in the bath she is thinking of the game. Like what kind of Skill she should acquire next.
Her Vitality is zero but her skills are covering it up for her so it’s no problem. Being slow might be fixed with some equipment.
Kaede's simple-minded head just thinks of one thing.
“I must get stronger… I need more STR.”
After taking a bath. She did her homework first and then lay down on her bed and start playing Fantasy world online.
Although saying that it was for playing with Yuki, but she got hooked to the lilt.
The feeling of success at the time she gained skill and the feeling of success of increasing her strength power made her addicted. And before she noticed she immediately turned on the hardware.
But before it started to run and she logs in to the game.
Her room started to be enveloped by darkness. Not just her room but the whole city.
Apparently, there was power shortage and it made her felt a bit angry at the electric company.
- Writer
