Hello. Welco to the world of Monster Soul. I am an NPC (Non-Player Character) who responsible for assisting new players before they enter into an actual ga.
A sweet voice echoed in a black room. This sound wouldnt be recognized as a computer sound no matter how hard one tries.
How strange... Excuse . Are you human? asked Sila.
Exactly, I am a real person who acts as NPC. We have to talk, answer, and adapt to every unpredictable situation so the company uses real person. By the way, NPC which is an AI (Artificial Intelligence) could be found in the ga. However, even if they are an AI, the player will have a hard ti separating them from an actual person. Our AI is considered the most advanced as of now.
Then, what should I do here? Umm... I havent played an online ga before.
I see. You are the newly unregistered user. First, lets give a na for your avatar.
Avatars na, hmm?
If Montra used his real na for playing, then Sila didnt see any reason why he cannot.
I will use my real na. My na is Sila.
Roger. Do you confirm the na Sila?
Confirm.
Confirmation completed. Next, please adjust your avatar. You can adjust your avatar at the maximum of 30% of your real face and body.
The holographic of Silas face, frontal body, side body, and back body were shown.
30%? Thats quite a lot. Well, that guy also uses his real face.
For the sa reason, Sila didnt want to confront Montra with soone elses face.
Dont change.
Player Sila doesnt wish to change his face and body. Please kindly confirm this.
Confirm.
The system sound alard.
You have successfully created your avatar. You have gotten Beginner Clothing 1 EA and Beginner Dagger 1 EA.
Player Sila, would you like to listen to an explanation of the ga?
Do I have to listen to all of them?
Sila asked back. He was kind of a curious person.
No, you dont have to. You can choose to listen to only the parts you interest in. And even if you want to listen to this kind of explanation later, you can still visit the Beginner Building located on the Beginning Island to listen to all of it.
Then, please summarize only important parts to . You can just explain them briefly. If I dont understand, Ill go ask the person in the Beginner Building later.
Roger. In this ga, the player will act as a role of a people who lives in the world of Monster Soul, the world where monsters and humans coexist. The ti ratio between this ga and real life is 5:1. The notable things that this ga is quite different than other gas is that; this ga has no profession system, and the avatars level has no correlation to the fighting ability.
Sila frowned a bit. Eh? So, self-training is enough? Dont we have to fight a monster? What is the point of avatars level, then?
Avatars level has benefits for receiving so quests, unlocking skills, as well as unlocking the ability to equip higher-tier weapons. For example, a level 1 player can train oneself to fight a level 30 wolf. But he'll be unable to equip equipnt that designed for the higher-leveled character to use.
Sila nodded as he understood. Then, he asked about the thing that his uncle ntioned.
I heard that this ga is very realistic. So, if our avatar feels pain, we will also be painful; if an avatar dies, we will also die. Is that true?
Thats not quite true. Allow to explain; in this ga, if player dies, avatars level will be decreased by 10, equipnt and item will randomly drop, and player will have to wait for one in-ga hour. About painfulness, in the ga, player will feel one-tenth of the painfulness you are supposed to feel. Adjusting the painfulness level to a higher degree is optional. Doing so will grant player a special reward from the system. The higher the painfulness level, the more valuable item you will get.
Sila confused, It can be adjusted? Then, there should be many people who get special reward from this, shouldnt there?
Thats not it. Although this ga is realistic, no one would want to receive a realistic pain. Also, the condition to get this painfulness adjustnt option is not currently known of. The condition is; asking about painfulness during avatar creation process. By the way, once you decide on a certain painfulness degree, you cannot change it anymore. Of course, there are so other secret thods to change the painfulness level, but all of them are very complex, I can safely say that this condition is the easiest. Players usually go straight playing ga imdiately after creating their avatar. Not many waste tis listening to my explanation as they know they can later listen to it anyti they want at the Beginner Building. Actually, you are the second person who unlocked this condition.
Hmm? Who is the first one? And what item did he get?
The first one is Player Montra. But as for his reward, I cannot tell you that since its players personal secret.
Silas eyes changed as soon as he heard the na Montra.
Which painfulness degree did he choose? Silas sound was full of coldness.
NPC fell silent shortly as she sohow sensed the change in Silas feeling. She answered slowly, Player Montra set his painfulness level at 10 out of 10, which is equal to real life pain.
I ask for more than him five folds, then.
With the feeling that he didnt want to be inferior to Montra, Sila told NPC that sentence.
NPC paused for a mont in shock. She had never seen a player like this.
We are truly sorry, but 10 is the highest degree that player can choose. System does not allow for player to adjust painfulness level higher than that. Otherwise, it would be dangerous to player.
In that case, 10 is fine.
Painfulness level is at 10 degrees which is equal to the reality. Please confirm this.
A smile ford at the corner of Silas mouth as he sneered inwardly, Equal to reality, huh? I am a hundred tis more painful than this in reality.
Confirm.
The system would like to inform you that the pain caused in this ga will affect your actual body. Despite the fact that there are no real injuries, if the brain perceives painful feeling, your actual body will likely be affected. The company will not responsible for any harm caused by the virtual painfulness level 10. If player understands this condition, please accept the agreent and reaffirm.
I accept and confirm.
The system voice rung again.
You have gotten the Sealed Box 1 EA.
A ring-size black box with silver chain covering it appeared and floated in front of Sila. He grabbed it and read the detail of the box imdiately.
(S) Sealed Box
The sealed box that, upon opening, will randomly give you one of the unique items in The Sealed One set, which contains seven parts. Only six parts currently remained. (If player receives this box after no part was remaining, the box will change itself to (S) Mysterious Box, which randomly gives out one S Grades item instead.)
Sila tried to open it, but there was no such command. While he frowned and was about to ask, the NPC girl then answered his question beforehand.
In this place, all items will be unusable. Please try opening it again after you are inside the ga.
Hearing this, Sila threw the box into his system window.
Do you need any more information?
No. please sends into the ga.
Roger. We suggest player visit the Beginner Building to receive starting items there. The system will now send you to the Beginning Island, starting on the outskirt. We wish you have fun playing the ga, sir.
Sila made a little grin on his face, Have fun, huh? before he beca a white light and then disappeared.
***
The light appeared in the suburb. This was a very common sight around Beginning Town; its the sign of the beginning of a new player.
Sila erged amid that light. He looked around and found that this place was a wide grass field. On his right hands side, he could see the forest area that trees were not too dense, while saw a city on his left hands. The destination from here to the city should be around two kiloters.
While he was still deciding whether he should go straight to the city or not, the system alerted.
Monster Pink Sli, Squire Rank, Level 1, has appeared.
Pink mucus being danced left and right around his feet. However, it had no sign of attacking him at all.
Weird. It doesnt seem as though it will attack anyti. Is it a non-aggressive monster?
At first, Sila was going to try punching it since he specialized in bare hand combat. But he later felt sohow a bit disgusting toward this sli. So he decided to equip his Beginner Clothes and Dagger first.
(F) Beginner Clothing
Uniform designed for a new player. Increases physical defense by 3 points.
(F) Beginner Dagger
Increases physical attack by 3 points.
They were such an ordinary dagger and brown normal-looking clothing. Well, he didnt care. At least he felt safer holding a dagger than using his bare hand to attack sli.
He tried to stab this pink mucus one ti.
After the attack, the pink sli then imdiately but slowly attacked him back.
However, Sila could easily dodge its slow attack. He stabbed it again and again. Soon, the slis body broke after getting stabbed three more tis.
System sound alard.
You have defeated Pink Sli, Squire Rank, Level 1.
You have received 5 experience points, gotten 3 silver and Pink Sli Card 1 EA.
You have learned a passive skill: Dagger Mastery Level 1.
Hmm? I got a card? Didnt Miss NPC tell that monster cards are rare to drop? Why did I get it on my first ti? Am I that lucky?
Sila defeated many slis around there afterward.
One hour had passed. Sila sohow got tired. He killed about a hundred nearby slis, but his level was only at 2, these indicated that Pink Sli gives very few experience points even for a new player. Surprisingly, Sila got 67 cards from them. It appeared that Pink Sli Cards drop rate was very high. His Dagger Mastery skill level also rose to 15.
Sila opened his system window to see his avatars status.
Player Status: Sila
Level: 2
Race: Human
Rank: Squire
Health Point: 473 / 512
Magic Point: 50 / 50
Is this high or low? Sila wondered since he had never played ga. His life had dedicated only for martial art training.
He looked over other windows leisurely. He changed his system windows color to deep blue, connected ga system to his mobile phone, and set his system sound to soft and girly voice. Strangely, there was a terrified and scary lady boys voice available for him to choose. Sila thought this was a joke designed by a ga designer.
He finally stumbled on the Seal Box.
I forgot that I have to open it in the ga. Well, I better open it now.
Sila held the small back box on his right hand, and said, open.
The silver chain broke out with a bright silver sparkling. The system sound could be heard inside Silas head.
You have gained an active skill: Unseal Level 1.
Oh? I even gained a skill. The item inside must be good.
You have gotten (S) Right Arm of the Sealed One. Its a special item which cannot be sold or transferred, and you are forced to equip it. The system now automatically equips it on you. (F) Beginner Dagger now is transferred to Item Window. Passive skill: Dagger Mastery - Level 15 is deleted.
Silas right arm from below elbow suddenly turned into stone.
Whats this!? I cant move my hand! And did it just delete my skill?
Sila felt shocked. He hurriedly read the information of the Right Arm of the Sealed One, but it was labeled with [Has not yet been unsealed] status.
Unseal Sila used his skill reflexively.
The level of Unseal skill has risen to level 2 3 ... 4 ... 15.
Now Silas arm could move properly, but its appearance was not the sa. Now he was like wearing a long armlet that looked antique and full of characters that Sila couldnt understand. However, he did not pay attention to its shape much. His focus was on its information.
(S) Right Arm of the Sealed One
The right arm of a certain man who was sealed sowhere in this world. Increases physical attack by 100 points. Cannot be unequipped under any circumstances. You cannot equip main weapon or use the unique skills that available only for human race.
Normal people would complain. But for Sila, his reliance and confidence lied in his fists, and he did not intend to use any weapon from the start. His only worriso was the fact that he couldnt use human races unique skills. What does it an? He is a human, right? Did this an he cannot use any skills?
I dont see how this is an S-grade item. I really cant understand the thought of this gas designer.
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