《The Fate Online》 Chapter 1: I Am Back!
Rumble! ~ Crackle! ~ As a lighting strike appeared in the cloudy night sky of Central City. " *Huff* Huff* " the person jolted in wake from his bed as he started panting hard. He then look around the room. He was frightened from realization that this room is very familiar, It was his room from a small apartment he rents for $150 a month when he was only 28 years old. "What happened? How come I''m here?" the man immediately tried to calm down as he murmured to himself as he suddenly looked daze and slowly lied on the bed. He is Michael Smith, a borned orphan who had no knowledge about who his parents are since the day he started to become more aware of how the world works. When he was 18, he left the orphanage, where he had lived for almost half of his life. He rented a small apartment from his savings doing part time jobs. He started living his new chapter of life since the day he left the place he can call home, he became a service crew from a fast food restaurant, to a delivery guy from washing cars, until that one incident that thoroughly changed his life happened. He accidentally killed the son of a very powerful person, surprisingly this "son" didn''t bring any of his bodyguards that night. He was all drunk as he forcefully dragged the woman while threatening her with his status at which the woman didn''t have any choice but to comply. Fortunately or..Unfortunately, Michael coincidently saw all this happening while on his way home. He planned to ignore it as this kind of things happens almost every time within the City. But when he saw who the woman was, he knows he can''t ignore it this time. The woman was his boss at the restaurant he works at. She was a kind and nice woman to almost everyone and also whom he secretly fancied. So he followed them, arriving at a dark alley which is a suitable place to do a rush "deed" with someone. He just observed them with gritted teeth as the man fondled every part of the woman he loves. When, it was finally for the man to do the "deed", Michael charged at him as he punched him at the back of his head, which made the man stumble forward, tripping himself as his head collided hard with a stone block at which it killed him immediately from a broken head and continuous blood loss. Michael immediately freaked out when he realized that the person is already dead. He feared from the thought of going to jail because of this and more so when he found out who this guys is! Going to jail is scary but you can still get out from it after you''re able to finished your sentence but Michael knows he won''t even last two days before being killed.But the woman, his boss, Amanda, surprisingly said something to him " This is all my fault, this wouldn''t have happened if I didn''t succumbed from his threats. Let''s just run away from somewhere they won''t be able find us" she said with reddish eyes, trying to hold back her tears as she looked at him. Michael just agreed to it without even giving any thoughts. From that day on, they hid from place to place as their pursuers would always find them everytime. On those days, he was able to hone his fighting abilities slowly, even finding out that he was an absolutely genius on learning every killing technique from using guns, sword wielding, dagger wielding even killing someone from a small needle and both of them even started to treat each other as husband and wife. But because of this he grew too much overconfidence at himself, which it resulted him something that can''t be replaced. His wife Amanda died because of it, as he looked at the woman lying on her own blood and the surrounding men laughing at him. His eyes turned crimson red from rage as he started a massacre, ignoring every injuries inflicted to him and just killed and killed like a mad dog. After the massacre, he snapped out of his trance and just stood there surrounded from blood and gore as rain started pouring above him. His head turned to his wife and walked and kneeled in front of her as he caress her face softly with a smile. It was then that his eyes turned cold and made a ruthless vow to the heavens " Amanda, I promise you. I will give you VENGEANCE to that person. I will annihilate his entire family, entirely erasing them from the face of this planet and be forgotten on the flow of time. I make this vow as the heavens as my witness!" as he said that. The entire sky rumbled loudly as thunder and sharp lightning strikes appeared on the sky, like the end of the world is coming. He stood up and picked up a sharp stone and slowly dig at the ground until a deep pit came into sight. Afterwards, he carried his wife and buried her beneath the muddy and wet ground before walking away. From henceforth, he started taking every assassination missions for 15 years on the dark web he deemed as a great deed for the populace from killing corrupt government officials to politicians and even successfully killing the president of a well-known country. From those events, he slowly mastered or became well verse at every killing arts he deemed to be useful, he even mastered espionage and disguising.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. And with his recent successful mission of killing the president of country A. He became so well-known and feared in the entire world that they even termed him as Shadow, the more reason being that no one, not even once, saw a shadow of him at every job he did. He was so good at erasing his tracks that even well-known figures that he had made deals with before don''t even know what he looks like or more like they can''t find even a single trace of him and from the 100% success rate at every job he accepted, he was the most sought assassin with every deals reaching hundreds of millions in USD. But out of the blue, he just disappeared like a wisp of smoke and people just thought that he probably died from a job but no. It was because he finally decided that it''s finally time to collect some overdue debts. He immediately returned to his home country after nursing his injuries carrying all the things he will need on this last mission. He just threw all of it at the back of the car he just recently bought and drove towards his destination. He stood there while gazing at the huge mansion surrounded by tens of armed guards, smiling. He took out a rocket launcher that he loaded earlier and a rifle held by his left hand with tens of rifle mags surrounding his body. "Vengeance is here!" he shouted as the rocket blew up the entire wall sending debris everywhere killing the guards near it as the bystanders panicked, trying to escape. Michael had no plans the only thing he knows is that the entire family of the target are inside the mansion today and mostly because he doesn''t plan to come back alive from this, It''s either them or him who dies first! A shootout happened, as he killed every single guard that appeared with no wasted bullets but he just recklessly shoots back at them with no regards to his life. He laughed coldly as the muzzle of his rifle release some smoke, he then strode towards the gate heading towards the mansion, killing every hostile that appears within his sight. He stood at the door and shot a barrage of bullets before giving it a ruthless kicks and then after doing that he heard the distant siren heading this way. "About time" he said in a low voice smiling as he strode towards a group of people cowering at a corner. "Hal-" tried to yell one of the guards before being shot to death. Michael killed every single guard around, either dead or escaped but in exchange this time his body has blood flowing out even some trickled out of his mouth. Ignoring it, he shot every person beside the fat elderly man with no regards to how old they are. Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ~ Pointing the muzzle on the head of the shivering fat man, he smiled before saying. "Remember me?" he grinned so wide that he looks like a maniac. "Wh-who ar-are you?" he said trembling. "Remember the people whom you wanted dead from accidentally killing your son?" "It''s you! You''re still alive!" he yelled in rage as he tried to stand up but when he felt the cold muzzle on his forehead he slump back powerlessly. And then the police armed in heavy firearms entered and pointed at Michael. "Drop your weapons and come with us peacefully. You are already surrounded!" yelled what it looked like to be the leader. "Yo-you won''t be able to get away this time. I will torture you to death once your in jail" the fat man shouted hysterically when he saw the police coming to he''s rescue. When the surrounding police heard him, they cringed in disgust but they knew that he can really do it without them having the ability to stop him. "There''s no "you". It''s only us this time" Michael said in a deep flat tone as a cold glint flash across his eyes and he pulled the trigger at the same time as the police shot him. "No!!" shouted the fat man before he died. Michael slump to the ground, his body riddled with bullet holes. Instead of grimacing from pain, he had a peaceful smile like he was finally liberated from pain. " Amanda, I''m coming" was his last thought as darkness consumed him. This incident was like a huge bomb that was suddenly dropped without warning on the heads of every single influential people around the world. Not because of a Senator getting killed, it was because the identity of the person that caused this mess. When their men found out the identity of the other person, all of them screamed in shocked as only one thought came into them "Shadow!" the most fearsome assassin whom they thought already died. But that is not what scared them the most, it was his life before he became an assassin, he was just an ordinary guy! All of them stood rigidly in fear when they read that part of the report, immediately all of them hastily ordered their men for a clean up on hostile families with one of the most ruthless order they issued "no survivor, no mercy!" even exiled members wasn''t spared. It was like the world turned to War World III with shootouts happening between big families causing an unrest to the populace, all because of the influential people with their selfishness, greed and most of all the fear of a vengeful person as they finally realized how scary they can be as they would lay in wait for years just for the right time to come, All for Vengeance! While these huge families fights each other almost everyday, charity foundation from all around the world, big or small are all celebrating as they received anonymous donations worth of Millions of USD. They are so happy that they even shed tears of joy as they can use these money to help those people in need, of course there are also people who coveted it but when they remembered the letter that came with it, all of them shuddered with unknown fear. "I''m watching". Michael had tears flowing from his eyes as he dazely looked at the ceiling as those scenes appeared in front of his eyes one by one, the cause of his past memories rushing back to him, causing an intense headache which...he probably didn''t even felt it. He wiped his eyes using both his hands before murmuring" This time.." he stopped as he stood up from his bed and slowly walked towards the window looking at the distance before continuing "time has flowed backwards, the wheels of fate have changed. This time, I will control my own destiny, because I.Am.Back!" Michael said with a heavy emotion while sometimes cold glint would flash across his eyes. Chapter 2: Dive! Game Start! 9:00 am, Thursday. As the sun shines over Central City. Michael, can be seen jogging around park circling it along with people who also had the same thought as him, taking a jog, near his apartment. "I want to see Amanda so bad but sadly she will only open her restaurant next month after moving here, in Central City¡­ Instead of thinking about her, I think i should worry about what I''m gonna do from now on as I don''t really wanna go back to being an assassin. It''s not like we''ll go back to the way it was, fortunately though, I already know a lot about her." Michael said confidently before he came to a halt and looked at the thing being broadcasted early in the morning. "On March 22 of 2030, Mine Technology has announced that they will be releasing the Virtual Reality Fate Online with 90% realism beating all other virtual games out there. You can purchase a virtual helmet at your nearby game station for only $1000 with a monthly subscription $300 at exactly 12 noon" "Yes, that''s it! That''s the game that I was hearing a lot before. It was said that a lot people of got rich overnight from selling equipments" said Michael overjoyed as he rushed back home and took a shower. He then wore a red t-shirt and pants before rushing out of his apartment headed towards the nearest game station along with a $1000 he took from his piggybank. Michael increased his speed when he saw that there isn''t a line yet. "Nice! I got here first!" said Michael excitedly, acting like his past life never happened. Probably comforted at the thought that he can now at least prevent some bad things from happening. Michael waited as time tickled by with people arriving in groups, couples or alone like Michael. 11:50 am, a sudden commotion happened. A burly man came beside Michael as he heavily tapped his shoulders. "Boy, scram. Your line is now mine" he said with an intimidating tone. "No" Michael said flatly without even looking at him. "Why yo- *urff* " the guy was not able to finished what he was about to say when he suddenly got elbowed on his chest followed by a kick on the side of his neck, immediately falling unconscious.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. "Shit" cursed Michael as his body instinctively reacted, the moment he felt a killing intent directed at him. "Yo-you do you know who we are?" said the other guy in stutter while pointing at him. Michael didn''t say anything but just glared at him. "Heok! I-I''m So-sorry, please" the guy suddenly started apologising as his sweat started falling on the concrete ground and immediately ran away with his companion in tow. "Wow, that was awesome!" "Did you see how he beat that guy? It was so fast that he already kicked him just after elbowing him." "That''s awesome, is he martial artist or something?" A commotion started around Michael but he just ignored it as he fell into a deep thought. "That''s weird, I shouldn''t have my killing intent now as I haven''t even killed anyone but the guy got scared so bad that he even started sweating from only a glare. Does that mean that I managed to retain my killing intent?" he thought and smiled when he realized how great that is. ...¡­ "Heok! Wh-what happened?" the burly man suddenly yelled as he jolted awake. "Senior, you''re finally awake" the other burly dude said in relief. "Was I - ohh I just felt it" he scowled in pain while clutching both his chest and neck. After a few seconds. "So Jack, what happened when I fell unconscious?" he said calmly but his eyebrows are twitching from embarrassment, beaten unconscious in front of his junior. "I ran away while I carried you to the car senior and escaped" Jacks said ashamed. "You escaped?" this time, his voice became stern. "Yes, I-It wa-was because I saw the shadow of a terrifying demon when he glared at me, so I run away in fear" Jack said trembling still remembering how scary it was. "Yo-you really saw a shadow from his glare?" he asked trembling. "Yes Senior! I really saw it, you know I almost shit my pants...." Jack started rumbling about how scary it was or whatnot. But his Senior just ignored him, "If what Jack said is real...holy crap. Only someone who had been to numerous life and death battles with his hands soaked with the blood of his enemies would someone had that kind of intense killing intent, even our boss''s killing intent doesn''t come close to that. Only now do I realized that I actually survived a calamity, we would have been killed if that we weren''t in a public place but if we were in a secluded area *gulp*. I need to tell Boss about this later so that we won''t invite a calamity in ourselves" Jack''s senior shivered in fear when he thought that today would have been his death anniversary while also planning on how to avoid this walking disaster. "Senior, are you alright?" Jack stopped his rumbling when he noticed that his senior was covered in sweat. "Ye-yeah, I''m okay but did you manage to purchase the game helmets?" he embarrassed and tried to shift it to another topic. Jack hastily shook his head while looking down. His senior just sighed because he can''t really blame him, he just silently wore his shirt and stood up as headed at the door. "Come on! We''ll go back and hopefully there are still game helmets left" he said and stepped outside without looking back before getting on a car. "Coming!" Jack hastily ran and opened the car door before closing it as the car drove off towards the direction of another game station. While on the other hand. Michael didn''t even think much of what happened earlier, maybe even forgetting it. "I''m already an old soul but I still can''t help but feel excited at the thought of playing a virtual game" said Michael as he held the virtual helmet in front of him while he smiled happily. Not even knowing that he was already labeled as a "disaster" by one of the senior members from one of the largest gang in Central City. Finally arriving home, he excitedly rushed inside his room and plug the connector before lying on his bed and wore the helmet over his head. It was dark at first, when a sudden flash of light along with a system prompt appeared in front of his eyes. Dive into the world of Fate Online? "Dive!" Chapter 3: Its Him! In a flash of light, Michael appeared in the middle of a huge temple. The scan on your iris and vein has determined that you are an unregistered user. Do you want to create a new account? When Michael appeared at the temple, the first sound he heard was a feminine voice. He looked around him to see who had spoken, but no one''s there except for him. "Gladly!" < Please select the name of your avatar. > "Shadow!" < Please select your class specification. > With a brilliant flash of light, 5 statues appeared floating in front of him. Michael curiously walked up to them and read their own class descriptions. Warrior - Warriors combine strength, leadership, and a vast knowledge of arms and armor to wreak havoc in the battlefield. Assassin - Free from the constraints of a conscience, these mercenaries rely on brutal and efficient tactics. Lethal assassins, masters of stealth and hidden weaponry, they will approach their marks from behind, piercing a vital organ and vanishing into the shadows before the victim hits the ground. Hunters - From an early age, the call of the wild draws some adventurers from the comfort of their homes into the unforgiving primal world outside. Those who endure become hunters. Masters of their environment, they are able to slip like ghosts through the trees and lay traps in the paths of their enemies. Wizard - Students gifted with a keen intellect and unwavering discipline may walk the path of the mage. The arcane magic available to wizards is both great and dangerous, and thus is revealed only to the most devoted practitioners. To avoid interference with their spellcasting, wizards only wear cloth armor, but arcane shields and enchantments give them additional protection. To keep enemies at bay, wizards can summon bursts of fire to incinerate distant targets and cause entire areas to erupt, setting groups of foes ablaze. Priest - Priests are devoted to the spiritual, and express their unwavering faith by serving the people. For millennia they have left behind the confines of their temples and the comfort of their shrines so they can support their allies in war-torn lands. In the midst of terrible conflict, no hero questions the value of the priestly orders. "Wow, every single of these classes are amazing but still.. Assassin!" Michael was amazed on how descriptive of every classes are but in the end he still chose the thing he''s most proficient in, Assassination. < Do you want to alter your appearance by 10%? > "Yes!" Your account has been activated. All your initial stats will be determined by your current physical state. Please pick a city and kingdom to start in. "Random" < Welcome to the World of Norlan- "Pass!" Afraid to even waste a single second, Michael hurriedly skipped the introduction story, he had already seen a countless times earlier. Currently, a $300 monthly bill for this game is a great expense for him. In Fate Online, players can play asleep for 2 whole days in the game while only a day would passed in the real world, It was implemented to accommodate the working people. Every player can choose where their starting point would, either the capital of a kingdom, a major city even a village. In a flash of light, he appeared in the square of Haven City. "Holy!" Michael was shocked by how realistic this game is, with buildings made of bricks, it was like in the middle ages but cleaner Astonished, Michael looked around with unbelieving eyes. There were players like him with the same attire of white shirt, black pants, a pair of shabby shoe and their respective weapons from their classes, as they also curiously looked around with shock in their eyes. He had been bewildered, but it was temporary, and he soon calmed down. Michael clenched his first, "this is my time and I will become the greatest assassin the game world has ever seen" he thought. "Based on the knowledge I had of Rpg games I''ve played before, It''s either the mayor of the city or town that would first issue a quest but sometimes the gate guards also do it" Michael mumbled as he racked his brains from the knowledge he had while playing Rpg games before.You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. "Let''s head to the Guards first" Michael decided but it seems the other users didn''t had the same thought as him and they headed towards the middle of the city, Michael looked at them and shrugged his shoulders and ran towards the nearest gate. "After all, this game is almost a reality, is it really that easy to meet the mayor or city lord with how they dressed shabbily?" thought Michael. * * * * * "Yes!" Michael shouted in joy as he saw the flashing yellow light above one of the gate guards. Michael walked up to the guard and politely said: "Hello there sir, is there anything I can help you with?" The guard looked at him while he started scrutinizing Michael. Wow, this NPC''s really acts like real people, Michael thought, not even bothered from the gaze of the guard. After a few seconds, the guard suddenly smiled and said: "Brave young warrior, I"m the Bruno, the Guard Captain of the East Gate! Recently, the Wolves on the Eastern Forest has been causing a lot of troubles to people coming in and out of the city and because of the sudden surge of population within the city, almost all the city guards have been mobilize to patrol around and we don''t have any spare guards to send to take care of these Wolves, Are you brave enough to kill 25 of them? "Wow, he''s probably talking about the surge of users appearing in the city" Michael can''t still get use to how these NPC''s act. "I''ll gladly help!" Michael said in a resolute tone. < You have accepted the quest. > "I await for your good news lad" Bruno said to him. Michael trotted pass the gate and saw the Eastern Forest just over 100 meters away from the gate and walked there while he would passed by some merchants entering the city who nodded at him, he then opened his "Status Window" while walking. < Player Status > Name: Shadow Title: None Class: Assassin Affiliation: Haven City Reputation: 0 HP: 100/100 MP: 100/100 Strength: 10 Dexterity: 10 Intellect: 10 Agility: 10 Luck: 10 Vitality: 10 Additional Stats: 0 Skills Points: 0 Magic Resistance: 0% Attack Damage: 1-3 Defense: 3 "Wow! All of it are perfect ten, I didn''t know my physique is already this good even before I became an assassin but Intellect? Even I know that I''m not that kind of an Intellectual guy, it must be because of how easy for me to learn martial arts and Luck, hmmm...I''m probably the luckiest guy alive right now, like who even had the chance at coming back on their younger years? 1 out of 300 Billion of people maybe?" Michael thought when he saw how high his stats are while shaking his head, before coming to a halt. Before stepping inside the Forest, Michael made sure to check his equipment and skills first. [Ordinary Shirt (Normal)] Defense: 1 Level Requirement: 1 [Ordinary Pants (Normal)] Defense: 1 Level Requirement: 1 [Ordinary Shoes (Normal)] Defense: 1 Level Requirement: 1 [Old Dagger (Normal)] Attack Damage: 1 - 3 Level Requirement: 1 "How lousy, i guess it''s better than nothing but still lousy though" Michael said as he shook his head and then he opened the "Skill List". [Ambush (Passive Skill)]: 25% bonus Attack Damage when attacking an enemy undetected. [Level 1] Stealth: Ability to hide one''s presence in the darkness. Only monsters or players with a level less than 5 levels above the stealth player could detect the player''s presence within a 4-meter distance. Ability would be disabled if attacked or discovered. Cooldown: 3 minutes. In the game, all items are ranked by Normal, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Ancient and Legendary. The higher the rank of the item, more additional options it would provide and higher attack damage. "Heok! Both Skills are passive?" Michael was surprised for a moment probably because he thought he should have at least one active skill. "Thinking about it. It makes sense, after all I''m an Assassin. Tsk! It''s not like I need an active skill to kill a wolf" Michael sneered. Michael hurriedly entered because he realized he had been taking too much time as the other users must have already realized by now that they can''t get or even meet the city lord for a quest. "I need to finish this quest fast before the others found Bruno" Michael thought as he slowly sneaked behind a lone wolf before pouncing on it like a Tiger pouncing on its prey. Michael repeatedly stab the neck of wolf 3 times as Red Numbers appeared above his head. - 20! -20! - 20! All of it was critical hits, the wolf probably didn''t even know how it did from just how fast Michael executed it. Just what you''d expect of the former number one Assassin, killing its prey within a seconds. "Almost a reality indeed" Michael said with a huge grin before picking up the loot dropped by the wolf. 1 Wolf Pelt, 1 Wolf Meat and 3 Copper Coins Michael put all of it inside his Inventory before making his way to another lone wolf doing the same thing over again. It took Michael 1 minute and 25 seconds before he finally killed the 25th Wolf. It took a bit longer because he accidentally aggro-ed 2 more wolves while he was trying to sneak up to another lone wolf. "Hmmm..it seems my body here still can''t keep up. It just shows that this still a game. It seems levelling is still a must and I only gained 50 Exp from killing these wolves, looking at from how low the Exp. on killing these monsters just shows getting a level is hard, it seems there will be a lot of people stuck on level 1 in the upcoming days" Michael sighed as he looked at his Exp bar that was only halfway full. Just as Michael came of out the forest, he saw a throng of people running towards his direction. "Took them long enough" Michael chuckled as he passed by them and headed towards Bruno. "I have successfully finished the task you''ve given me" Michael said. "Well done, young warrior!" Bruno heartily laugh while tapping his shoulders. < Quest Successfully Completed! > < You have gained 100 Exp. Points, 1 Silver and +10 reputation in Haven City. > < You have levelled up! Gains 1 Skill Points and 5 Additional Stats Points > In Fate, the game currency are just like norm, like in most RPG games out there. Copper, Silver, Gold and Platinum. 100 Coppers = 1 Silver, 100 Silver = 1 Gold, 1000 Gold = 1 Platinum. Opening his Inventory, he saw 1 appeared beside the Silver logo. "Thank you" Michael gave a slight bow before heading inside. "Don''t forget to visit the Training Hall around the city square!" Just as Michael only took his 9th step, he heard Bruno''s reminder. Turning back, he gave him another bow before continuing. "Such pity, he would have a bright future ahead of him if he was a Warrior instead of a Nocturnal, becoming an Army General is not impossible. It''s been a really long time since I''ve seen those eyes from a youngster, sharp and fiery. Hmmmmm¡­" Bruno mumbled looking at the slowly disappearing silhouette of Michael while stroking his beard. "I actually planned to roam around to look for a place to learn skills associated to my class but it seems I just need to head towards the Training Hall at the square" Michael was mumbling as he looked at the bustling scene around him. "Hey mister, if you help me level up, I will give you my number!" "I will give a $100 for a Silver Coin or $10 for 15 Coppers! Come to me if you have it! "Silver Legion Guild is now recruiting members! No requirements needed! Join now before it''s too late! We won''t accept members after this! Michael just shook his head at this smiling and opened his "Status" and put all additional stats on his Agility. I didn''t know playing a virtual game would be this much fun, Michael thought. Standing just inside the the Training Hall, Michael was dumbfounded at what he saw. He was expecting things like the place would have a training a area where you could hit training dummies all day you want. "This is a freaking bar where drunkards would get themselves drunk" Michael mumbled as he slowly walked towards a guy from out of the 6 people inside, who is dressed in all black with daggers strapped on his waist. "Hello there, Is it possible for me to learn Assassin skills from you?" this time Michael didn''t talk politely to the person but more like a tone he had when making deals with his clients when he was an Assassin from his last life. The person didn''t say anything and just took out two scrolls and placed it on the table in front of him. Michael then saw the description of both skills the moment it was placed on the table. Backstab Lvl. 1 - Costs 10 Mana per level. Increases damage by 10% per level. Requires you to be behind target. Stunning them for 1 second. Cooldown Time: 10 Seconds. Cost: 1 Silver Bleed Lvl. 1 : Costs 5 Mana per level. Ignore 2% Defense of your desired target per level. Cost: 1 Silver Michael only thought for a few moment before picking the < Bleed > Skill and paid 1 silver before he immediately learned the skill. < You have gained the skill < Bleed > It is now added on your Skill List > Michael didn''t linger around and immediately left the place. The other class trainer just did their own business like nothing happened. "For now, I don''t need the skill < Backstab > because I could do it on my own. < Bleed > is more suitable at my current situation right now" mumbled Michael and just as he just started walking at where his foot would lead him, he suddenly came to halt and his pupils constricted at what he saw. "It''s him!" Chapter 4: The World Is Really So Small Michael''s face contorted in anger before it returned to normal when he saw a group of people who was heading towards his direction but his eyes are only directed at the person who looks like the leader of the group, who is walking at the front of the group. It was a man with an undercut blonde hair, who also had the same attire as him but instead of a dagger, he has a sword strapped at his waist. He was surrounded by three people trying to flatter him as all of them would laugh or smile at him. "The game has hundreds of cities but for us to actually bumped each other here, hehe. It seems this is fate" Michael gave a really ferocious grin as an absurd thought entered his mind. Michael continued walking and gave another grin as he passed by them. The man stopped as he felt a shiver run down his spine and looked back at the disappearing back of Michael. "What''s wrong Brother Jin?" asked a girl with huge assets beside him. "Nothing" Jin just shook his head while thinking " What the heck was that? I though I was being looked at by a predator looking at his prey" and then all of them also entered the training hall. "I should level up first before I do that" Michael thought as he opened his quest log this time. It was a new function he got after finishing his first quest. The quest log let''s you access to available quest in your area, of course the quest in the Quest Log are the most common kind that you can do it repeatedly. Michael decided and headed towards the City Administration at the middle of the city. * * * * * "Damn, so this the reason why no one is taking this quest. The smell is so awful here" Michael creased his brows when he got a whiff of the stinky smell coming from the Sewer. It was the quest that the City Administration issued. [Eliminate All The Sewer Rats] Difficulty: E Eliminate all the Sewer Rats that have been troubling the residents lately especially the City Lord. Complete it and Report back to the City Administration to get your appropriate rewards.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Rewards: 3 Silvers, +100 Haven City Reputation Michael was walking along the side pathway of the sewer tunnel. Just as he turned around a corner, he heard a sound. Shriek! ~ "Damn! They f*cking call this a Sewer Rat? More like a dog rat, It''s as big as as those small sized dogs!" [Level 2] Sewer Rat HP: 100/100 Skills: Poison Bite The Rat pounced at Michael trying to take a bite off him while its two huge teeth glowed purple as it used its skill < Poison Bite >. Michael just coolly dodge to right and gave it a flurry of normal attacks on its back while its on mid air while casting < Bleed > and the Sewer Rat landed on the ground, it shrieked in rage as it probably didn''t expect Michael to dodge him that easily but sadly a rat is still a rat as still did the same attack pattern before being killed. [You have killed a Level 2 Sewer Rat] [You''ve gained 5 Copper Coins] [You''ve gained 25 EXP] Michael continued its way as he delve deeper inside while killing Sewer Rats that he encountered along the way. Michael stopped as he finally reached the end of the Dungeon. In front of him was a 1000 sq. ft. room with different kind of bones littered everywhere and in the middle of it was a monster as big a medium size dog. [Level 5 Boss] Sewer Rat King HP: 300/300 Skills: Hyper Fang, Shrill Cry, Poison Bite, Tackle, Scratch "Ooft! Damn this bitch, it stinks here!" Michael cursed as he clutched his nose not even one bit bothered about the monster that was glaring at him. Shriek!!! ~ The Rat King grew angry when it saw that the human is ignoring him as it immediately issued a [Shrill Cry]. "Fuck! That rattled my eardrums a bit, annoying pest! Die!" Michael immediately attacked the Rat King head on and stabbed its forehead and executed [Bleed] as he dodge the [Hyper Fang] that was coming for him. Miss ~ Critical Hit! -15 Both of them, then moved back and started circling each other. "Tsk! If this was the real world you''d be dead already" Michael sneered looking at the Rat King. The Boss sensing that it was being looked down upon, dashed and lunged at him as its two front teeth glowed purple as it use [Poison Bite]. Michael dodge to left and performed a [Backstab] when they passed by each other followed by a round house kick sending the Boss stumbling for 2 meters. Miss ~ -30 -15 "Pity, even though you''re 3 Levels higher than me, you''re no different than does other Rats before you" Michael clicked his tongue when he noticed that the Boss in front of him seemed weak. This time Michael didn''t waste anymore time and he sent a barrage of attacks towards the Boss not even bothering to use his abilities as the Boss was toyed to death. The Rat King released a low growl before its body burst into loots. "You have successfully cleared Sewer Rat Dungeon!" "You have gained additional rewards by on your class: [Rat King Dagger(Green)]" "You have received 500 Bonus Exp." "You are now Level 3, gains 5 free stats and 1 skill points" [Rat King Dagger(Green)] +5 Damage +1 Agility Level Requirement: 3 "Nice!" Michael made a fist and equipped it replacing his old dagger before he hurriedly went to picked up his loots. [Rat King Leather Shoes(Green)] +3 Defense +2 Agility +1 Strength Level Requirement: 3 Michael equipped it as he also picked up Rat Leather Skin, Rat King Poison Fangs and 1 Silver and 3 Coppers. "This is truly great, it seems fate is helping me! I thought I need to at least Level up to 5 before executing ''that'' but now with this change in equipment....." Michael laughed along the way to the exit while thinking about what he planned to do.