《Sea Business on The World Stage》 Gods Two Quest Chapter 1 ¡°Please do you of any information where I can find them¡± ¡°Lad like I said, I don¡¯t even know what you¡¯re talking about. Now unless you¡¯re asking to fill the spare job this will be the end of it¡± ¡°No sorry, I already went to the adventures guild and have a quest to pick some green plants, thank you for you time¡± I (Jake) gave up with this final person in front of his store the sea delights and walked away will looking at the shore to the left of me. Three days ago, I was out of my mind with worry suddenly finding myself in the middle of some medieval costal town with a letter in my hands. Among other things it said to find the deep-water shrimp for it would bring the power I would need. Issue is No one even knows what they are, nothing is caught in deep water. Here I am, have not even eaten a shrimp in my life but sold it all last summer for my family small business. What kind of trick is this? Just because I sold something before gives me no experience actually trying to get it myself. I kicked the rock in front of me just as I walked out of the town gate noticing the two guards that stood there. ¡°Henry, John, how¡¯s it gate holding up?¡± ¡°Same as Ever¡± Henry said bored as ever ¡°You find that shrimp that does not exist yet?¡± John joked Since he had asked that same question in some from most of the times I walked past my only response by now was just to wave him off and continue on my way. That¡¯s not the say this place was empty, in fact hundreds of people lived behind the walls. Even for me without any money the church offers the homeless a roof to sleep under and cloths in exchange for working odd jobs. ¡°For the church of Revan!¡± Pulling out my sword that is also on loan from the church I strike a pose like He man. In response from the back a number of people started to laugh at me while clapping. Quickly noticing the scene I just made, I put back my sword after the second attempt on my waist and increasing the pace of my feet the town of Trident grew smaller. Okay I just got to pick more than ten then money can actually start flowing into my pocket. The assignment called for ten but any more could be sold for a copper each at least that¡¯s what Hela the priest in charge of people like me told me. The wind picked up slightly and a slight chill could be felt even if it was close to mid-day. Rubbing my arms down I went over what I knew about shrimp. Alright it¡¯s fair to admit thing could not be much worse but since god itself told me to do this is must be possible here.You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. After an hour walk I got to the field which matched the badly drawn picture that a child named Tom gave me in exchange for giving him one ¡°For a super secret reason¡± as Tom said. The plant look like a small leaf with reed veins through it on top of a long stem. Look at that¡­ Here we go. pulling out my sword I looked at the hill top and noticed a rabbit with a small horn eating one of the plants. I was frozen as soon as I saw it the question of how to approach it stuck in my mind. Do I run at it or tip toe? O jeez talk about screwing up right when the finish line is right in front of me. Unable to decide what to do I just stood there with my sword drawn acting like someone froze me. This lasted just long enough for the horned rabbit to finish eating and turn to find more. When it saw me, it jerked back like I tried to scare it to death and given it was a size of a cat it actually did a back flip. Screaming scared myself I ran at it with all the power a Lv 1 with all 10 stats could muster. Even surprised it completely dodged my attack and knocked into my leg. Off flying went my glasses and in comes a face full of dirt but I don¡¯t give up and try to watch the rabbit while it circles the me laying on the ground. It strikes again this time the horn manages to put a small hole into my left arm. Clearly, I am useless so it¡¯s time to make it as easy as possible on myself Getting on my knees I drop my sword next to me and spread my arms wide to dare it to attack and to no surprise it does. To someone watching it would probably look like I am in the middling of having a stroke with my arms opening as wide as possible one moment and shut the next because I can¡¯t decide what¡¯s worse. Fully charging ahead the Horned Rabbit lv 1 crashes into me as I twist my chest so it does not pierce my heart. We roll over and over as it tried to break free and I try to roll back over to my sword Stop it! Just die! Finally, able to reach my sword of grip with my good arm and drive it right through the side of the Horned Rabbit killing it. Coughing up a storm I slowly make my way up standing and pull my sword free. Not caring at this point if any more are around I begin the process of picking the plants and putting them in a small bag picking up a total of 15 and a Horned Rabbit body. Ripping up my sleeve to wrap the small hole in my arm the walk back to the gate was even longer then before. This time when I got to the gate I made sure to try and hide myself from both of the guards, right now my spirit just can¡¯t take another beating. ¡°You have my herb Mr. Jake!¡± Tom yelled from behind me After almost dying form a rabbit and hiding in shame from guards I snapped, quacking reaching into my pouch and through it square into his head. [Throwing] Skill Acquired Okay that felt good let¡¯s get patched up by the beauty that is Hela. [Back on Earth] ¡°My name is Joann with CNN right now I am on the streets of New York City and all around me as you can see riots have broken out after watching Jake nearly die at the hands of some strange rabbit.¡± ¡°Joann what are the people saying?¡± ¡°They really expect more from him, a lot of their anger is coming out over how he handled the fight¡± ¡°Thanks for telling us Joann we hope to hear from you later. This is Brad Smith with CNN and as you saw and what most likely is happening to everyone is the struggle to understand our new world. Three days ago, we were told by a voice the world rested on the shoulders of one man and if he died or failed to defeat the Demon King our world would die along with him. All the nuclear weapons of this planet have disappeared and all the militaries of the world are in the streets trying to keep order. In the end we can only wait and watch as one man holds he fate of the entire human race¡± Day In The Life Chapter 2 ¡°It feels so much better mentally to not have a hole in my body. Thank you as always Hela¡± ¡°Really Jake this has happened far too often in just a few days, you should not have caused this much growth in my [Recovery] skill.¡± I could only awkwardly laugh as I sat there being slowly healed with the cold truth she commented on while my strength went away. There were at least two types of healing magic, the lesser [Recovery Healer] and the ¡®normal¡¯ [Healer]. The difference was [Recovery Healers] used the inquired persons own stamina along with the healer¡¯s mana while [Healers] just used mana which made it the clearly better class. Saying my thanks, I went outside the church and to the adventures guild making my way up to the front desk that was of course not busy at all. The desk I went to was meant for the bottom ranked people like me and giving that almost nobody was that low of level I was pretty much the only person who came here. ¡°Iantien I have retuned once again, here is what was request and some extra¡± ¡°Hang in there Jake¡± she said clapping her hands together Iantien could tell how drained I looked and rushed to bring the money together so that I could get rest. Really was a nice woman and an unusual one at that. She was the only Half-elf in the entire town but even lived here her entire life she handled the cold badly. It was another one of my small pleasures seeing her thick winter gear when it was only slightly cold outside. ¡°Here you go and I assume you are done for today?¡± Iantien looked almost hopeful ¡°No, I will take the dock request again¡± With a disappointed look on her face Iantien handed me 15 coppers and a slip to be a hired hand on the docks. Giving a thumbs up I walked out and went straight to the docks. This job would pay 10 coppers for the rest of the day and given how poor I am can¡¯t really refuse to make money. ¡°I was wondering when you would show up, head over there and help them¡± Norladar said as soon as he saw me while pointing down the dock where half a dozen men were helping unload. I gave him the slip and went to do my grueling part time job. ¡°Dormir help me with this¡± ¡°Sure, thing Jake¡± Dormir was the closest thing I had to a friend here, it helped that every single time I worked here we ended up working together. Another reason was we were both the weakest people so a box all the other workers could carry by their self we needed each other. ¡°Did you¡­hunt¡­rabbits?¡± Dormir managed to barely say while we carried a crateHelp support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. ¡°Yes¡­ it sucked¡± We put the crate down just in time since our arms were shaking so much the crate was shaking as well. ¡°Are you going to keep doing it?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t want to live like this, I have things I need to do¡± ¡°Are you talking about the shrimp?¡± Dormir was one of the people I had asked before if he knew where the deep-water shrimp was but just like all the others had no idea. We did not say anything more to each other and had to get back to work. For hours, all we did it pick a box up and put it down, this port was busy enough where the breaks were few and far between. The sun was shining bright today still and in the water, I could see a boat always, either coming in or going out. Apparently, this was the only port for quite the distance given how widespread the monster issue was. In this world while they were kingdoms, empires and the like still a massive amount of the land was un livable. ¡°Jake, Dormir, her is your pay for today¡± Norladar gave each of us a very small bag. Mine had 10 coppers in it while Dormir had twenty for working the entire day. While both amounts were disappointing there was already a difference in what we made by me hunting for herbs. Now if I could just get over the hurdle of almost dying every time some real progress might be made. In this world in seemed that 1 copper was about 1 dollar from my world. So that means I made $25 dollars for life and death work. We said our goodbyes to each other and went our separate ways as the sun started to fall on another day. In front of the church there was a small line that formed for the daily soup kitchen that was set up for the homeless and poor like myself. ¡°This won¡¯t last forever¡± I told myself while waiting in line When it was my turn I saw Hela with her hair tied back and an apron helping the volunteers pass out soup and chuck of bread. ¡°It seems you worked very hard today here is something extra¡± Hela gave me slightly more soup and bread, I thanked her and put my back on the wall of the church watching the line of people get their food. I had to take my time with the soup because my hand was shaking so much. Before I knew the soup and bread were gone but I was still hungry. My eyes went to the small restaurant that was across the street. Seeing the happy people made my hunger worst but my eyes would not move. ¡°It¡¯s okay you know? I know Jake worked very hard today so you should spend some of the money you earned to eat more¡± Hela was kneeling next to me while holding my shaking hands the held the empty soup bowl. I closed my eyes and struggled with what to do, it was so easy, she already gave me permission that means I can pay her back later for the weapon. ¡°No¡± I pushed the bowl into her hands and gave her all the money I made today ¡°You have helped me so much, everything I have is yours¡± Hela faced turned red at my proclamation and could only nod in response before taking the money and bowl and walking away. It felt good to say that to such an attractive woman even if I was in no way confessing. Being in this world to get Shrimp is one thing but for this single action was completely by my own choice. ¡°Alright let¡¯s head inside since it is far to awkward to be around here¡± I decided after seeing the people around me stare and whisper about what just happened Inside I just laid flat on my back listening to the sound of breathing, the issue was my bodies condition was getting worse as time went on. At first my thought was it was all in my head but beads of sweat were rolling down my head and different parts of my bodies had spasms. Needing to move around I got up and walked outside and by now everyone had already left as was asleep. ¡°Okay let¡¯s just practice a few swings¡± Taking my sword out I began to practice trying to take my mind off of letting myself get sick already, right after making the big deal of paying back Hela! Over and over I just kept cutting the air in front of me when suddenly the sword was no longer in my hands. I looked down and saw it laying there and that¡¯s when I noticed there was no feeling in my arm. ¡°Is this how it ends?¡± was the last thing I managed to say before falling faced first into the ground and passing out. [The God of Healing approves of your words] [The God of Perseverance supports you] [Class ??? Unlocked (Rare) Quality] [Skill Perseverance (Rare) Quality Bestowed] Chapter 3: Blessings Chapter 3 [Due to your class you have now 5 ability points, where do you wish to put them?] [Boxes are heavy¡­ put them in all strength] [5 points will now be invested into strength] [Thank you voice lady] It was at this point I finally realized I have been speaking to someone who was not there. Thinking back to what happened the voice sounded familiar to the one I heard before but I should be working out right now¡­ Now I noticed that my face was in dirt and as no longer asleep just had my eyes closed. Another thing was there was the sound of some type of low chant getting slowly louder. That had to be the reason for me waking up and with the taste of dirt in my mouth in was now time to get up. Getting on my knees and wiping away the dirt out of my eyes I noticed that the sun was only just beginning to rise. The people making the noise was nearly two dozen singing almost to themselves in perfect harmony. The wore orange robes that had a striking resemblance to Buddhist monks. ¡°Jeez look at myself¡± Even though I felt fine my shirt was drenched in sweat making the dry dirt next to the church stick even more. But there was something else I noticed and it was that my shirt was loose. Gripping my stomach with both hands I noticed that while my belly was still there it seemed less. ¡°It seems there here like the guard captain said¡­ by the goddess Jake are you alright!¡± Hela noticed my condition after walking out onto the orange robed men. ¡°I look worse then I feel, in fact there seems to be nothing wrong with me. Something did happen though, after we last saw each other I started to feel worse and worse until I seemed to have passed out right here. Then I heard a voice about an unknown class and points¡± Hela but her hands together and slightly bowed her head while praying for a moment. ¡°Jake this is wonderful news! The goddess has seen fit finally to bless you with a class. While not knowing what your class is is something I have never heard or this ¡®rarity¡¯ what you experienced is completely normal. You really must not have any common sense ever since your accident¡± ¡°Ha-ha yep, your constant help is my salvation¡± There was no way I was going to say I am from another world so the idea of hitting my head and forgetting everything seemed to best choice. In fact, it had gone over so well I was worried how easily criminals could sneak in to town. Another thing was it seemed my class should be visible but it¡¯s not leaving more questions. ¡°Anyway, Hela who are those people over there¡± ¡°I was told they are the monks from the Hailong Empire across the great sea. They seem odd and since they follow a false god I recommend Jake you stay away from them¡± ¡°Because it¡¯s not your god?¡± ¡°There is only one true God¡± [The God of Healing hopes you follow Hela words]Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. [The God of Perseverance feels awkward] [The God of Combat Snickers] Hey hey Hela you were just proven wrong twice over with these messages I only seem to be able to see. This happened right before I fell down also so there is no way I am imagining this. But my mouth will stay silent on this topic because telling her this would most likely break her mind and get me killed. ¡°Un ya Hela, down with the false Gods. Anyway, I should go to docks to pay the church back my debt¡± ¡°Yes, have a blessed day Jake¡± Hela waved me off as the walk to the docks commenced while wiping down my shirt. To my right was the line of monks still going on they seemed focused just on themselves and I paid them no mind. ¡°What in the world is that¡­¡± While trying to air out my shirt I noticed a marking that was not there before so I pulled my shirt down as far as I could to get a better look. To my huge surprise there was now a tattoo directly above my chest that looked like two slightly opened hands praying. Around them was a thin circle and they both were dyed in the color yellow. ¡°This must to related to those messages¡± I mumbled to myself As I was standing there looking at my chest my focus was completely on that until the sound of someone almost tripping on something caught my ears. One of the monks was staring completely at me with huge eyes. At first, I was worried he was able to see down my shirt but then I noticed he was not looking at my chest but my right arm. To my complete surprise there was a second symbol on my bicep, this one was dyed red and had a circle around it just like the other. The difference was inside the circle was an outline of a man pushing a stone up a hill. The monk tried to call out to me but I covered my arm and quickly walked away from them. ¡°Jake what are you doing here, I thought you told me that you wanted to spend the morning being an adventure?¡± ¡°My sword broke so to repair it I need money¡± A complete lie. I was scared to be taken away by the monks and since I can¡¯t beat a single rabbit being around people should boost my chances of staying alive. ¡°¡­ I don¡¯t care, go help Dormir move that cargo. He¡¯s giving my business a bad name if he struggles that much moving the smallest box possible¡± Giving him, my signature thumbs up in emulation of Agent Dale Cooper I made my way over to Dormir. By the way while moving across town I noticed my speed did not increase. ¡°Jake¡­ what are¡­ you doing¡­¡± ¡°Here? Well lets just say I had the sudden urge to help you¡± Dormir¡¯s arm were shaking like there was an earthquake so I made rush to rush over and put my arms under the box. Instantly he had a sigh of relief and thus began our day. As the hours went pay I made sure to constantly look around but never saw that monk who noticed my marks or any of the others for the rest of the day. ¡°Yes it finally happened!¡± Dormir shouted and letting go of the box we were both carrying causing me to barely get it to the area it needed to be dropped off at. ¡°What was so important Dormir my feet were nearly crushed!¡± Hearing that he looked embarrassed and quickly tried to explain himself. ¡°Well you see I just got an endurance point, you know what that means? Of course, you do. After a week I got one so it feels pretty good¡± ¡°Adventures most likely could get more¡± ¡°But being an adventure is pretty hard, look at yourself for an example. So even if its slowly its safe and that¡¯s what matters to me¡± Ouch Dormir why did you go for that kill shot? ¡°Okay you made some good points let¡¯s get back to it¡± For the rest of the day there were no more talks of adventures but due to my huge jump in strength and even Dormir¡¯s slight increase in endurance more boxes were moved by us and that meant more money. The walk back to the church was tense but ultimately uneventful still I ate inside the church and had someone else bring my bowl back to Hela. Slowly but surely my debt was growing slower. In two weeks¡¯ time at this rate I can start saving money for better equipment and whatever I will need to fish shrimp. Earning for Today Current savings: Debt: $25 0 -$455(480-25) Class: ??? (Rare) Level: 1 Stats: Strength: 15 Agility: 8 Endurance: 10 Intelligence: 10 Wisdom: 10 Overweight (-2 Agility) God of Perseverance Blessing ( Class, +5 Ability points) Chapter 4: Ways to Improve Chapter 4 ¡°Jake did you already try to be an adventure again?¡± ¡°Yes Iantien¡± ¡°You know the adventure guild needs someone as low level as you to gather these herbs for [Weak Healing Potion] but you should have trained more before coming back¡± ¡°I am much stronger¡± ¡°Then why do you look like that?¡± Iantien gestured with her hands up and down my body to prove her point. MY cloths her once again dirtied and cut up and there was a hole on my left arm from a healed wound (thank you Hela) with stained blood on it. I thought with my huge boost in strength things would be different. That morning after taking in Hela waving me off I went to the Adventure¡¯s Guild and once again pulled off the quest for the herbs to the smiles of the two receptionists but Iantien looked displeased. Another difference was something actually popped up after taking the paper: Request To Gather Herbs: As the only Adventure this low of level in the entire town it is up to you to gather the herbs needed. Head back to the hill and gather as much as you can. Relative Difficulty: Hard Time Limit: None (For Now) Reward: 25xp, $1x (Number of Herbs) Wow this sure is a change must be from those blessings, things sure are looking up. But after walking for that hour and getting to the hill the outcome was the same as before. When the Horned rabbit attacked it dodged every one of my attacks and rammed itself into my legs once again making me fall down. It had taken the horn going into my arm to get a sure hit with my sword. This time the sword lodged itself deep inside its body and after two more hits was dead. Now the area I fought on was just a small portion of a large, flat hill. Dozens of rabbits were on this hill. The closer a person get into the center the higher level the Horn Rabbits. Beyond that I had no idea such it was already a life and death battle versus one of the lowest level. After the fight it was another one hour walk of shame to Hela who healed me (free of charge) bring me back to the present. I also acquired this after the battle: Title Acquired [Desperate] Lv. 1: For someone who does not know when to give up when they should. +1 Endurance [The God of Perseverance is Pleased] ¡°Quite the Tale Jake, it sounds like you need to learn a fighting style¡± ¡°What¡¯s that?¡± ¡°Bless the Goddess, you truly have lost all common sense¡± ¡°I can¡¯t handle anymore fatal shots to my sense of self-worth Iantien¡± ¡°I apologize Jake, usually something like this is learned by children. A fighting style is just like how it sounds: A style of fighting based on based on the weapon or weapons you choose along with your abilities¡± This confuses me, I understand the weapon you use but what does that have to do with my ability scores?This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. ¡°Explain to me the abilities part of the style¡± ¡°Yes, let¡¯s take for example to exact same warriors in the sense they both use just a two-handed sword. The difference is one of the warriors has high agility so he follows the creature while someone who has Endurance who try to outlast them¡± ¡°So, what about someone like me who is focused on strength?¡± ¡°Hum¡­ then it that case you will not hit often but when they do they have to count. Ways to support yourself would be to get a weapon with a long reach and maybe a shield¡± Okay, great. I know now ways to improve by an expert in this stuff, next means to get a shield and a fighting style. ¡°Where can I get those things¡± ¡°You¡¯re in luck! We offer services to someone looking for a fighting style. I know your tight on money so you should know that it will have to be a private lesson such nobody else is lacking a fighting style¡± This is it, this is how I die. Not by some deadly bunny everyone else laughs at but when the debt collectors come for my skin. ¡°How much is it¡± ¡°Give me a moment¡­ The current price is 5 slivers. If you look at it a certain way it¡¯s quite cheap¡± My only response was to gag on the non-existent thing in my mouth. It cost 500 coppers! That was what it cost to get the simple gear from the church Hela, in other words my debts would more than double. ¡°I don¡¯t have 5 slivers¡± ¡°Not to worry we offer loans!¡± Seemly already prepared for my answer Iantien pulls out a letter of debt. She quickly wrote 500 in the middle of the document where there was a blank space then signed her signature at the bottom before handing it to me. ¡°Sign here¡± I did so, then she wrapped it up and put it somewhere under where. There it is, proof of my failures. There will come a day when these are paid off or I will be dead so here¡¯s to hoping for a good road. ¡°Now you said I should get a shield, right? How much will that cost¡± ¡°Maybe nothing at all¡± What is this? Now is it my time for some good luck, did that good road already appear! ¡°Yes, if you look in the trash there should be a broken one! Just head around back and it might be there¡± There it is, the catch to end all catches. I can get a shield but it will be broken to an unknown degree let alone the smell. The issue is the person who I am now literally can¡¯t afford to be picky about any sort of help. ¡°¡­Can I go pick it up now?¡± With my pride all but gone I walk around to the back to the Adventures Guild to see a huge trash bin. I take off everything but my underwear since these are my only cloths and as lightly as possible step into the horrors that is a dumpster. Slowly I make my way down the layers while holding my breath as much as possible. ¡°Come-on, come-on, where are you¡± Starting to get cuts from broken potion bottles only made me want to find it faster. Not knowing how long it finally had taken me but other yet another ruined belt of some creature had to be the shield that was spoken of. The Iron Shield had nearly a third seemly bitten away by some creature that I never want. Climbing out with the broken shield I try to wipe my arms on the side of the dumpster and carry all my cloths in one hand and the shield on the other. ¡°Okay starting tomorrow, I have lessons. That means training in the morning then docks in the afternoon. Just have to keep in mind to avoid the monks¡± The little boy that I threw the herb at a few days ago tried to get my attention about getting more herbs because he needed them but I just walked faster. My next stop was the Dock to work for money and since it already smelled bad my smell almost was masked. When I got to the church Hela gave me a very disapproving look and forced me to clean before food would be given. ¡°Really Jake you have more debt now when you already owe the church?¡± ¡°I am lacking in many ways but it had to be done, here is what I made today¡± Sticking out my hand with the pouch of coins Hela grabbed it with only two fingers and quickly went inside the church to put it away. My days where becoming longer so the only option was to just brace myself for what happens next. Earning for Today Current savings: Debt: $25 0 -$830(455-25) -500 Class: ??? (Rare) Level: 1 Titles: [Desperate] Stats: Strength: 15 Agility: 8 Endurance: 11 Intelligence: 10 Wisdom: 10 Overweight (-2 Agility) God of Perseverance Blessing (Class, +5 Ability points) [Desperate]: +1 Endurance