Reader-Chapter 4: Pangea 3

The thing Soo Hyuk wanted to ask was the library’s location as well as what would be needed in order to use it .

“The library?”

“Yes . ”

“There is a map inside the guidebook . And it’s possible to purchase a library pass at the library for 50 gold . ”

Was it because he was a guide? He answered without even a second of hesitation .

“Oh, ok . Good bye . ”

Soo Hyuk felt the piercing looks he was receiving from behind, so he replied and came out . Soo Hyuk walked towards a chair; furnished inside the central plaza, and opened the quest window .

<Unfold the guidebook!>

Unfold the guidebook received from Kajan!

Quest reward: 1 gold, 1 hard bread

Just a moment ago when receiving the guidebook, the quest that was created ‘Unfold the guidebook!’, was exactly like its name . If you opened it, the quest was completed . Soo Hyuk opened the guidebook he held in his hands .

[Quest ‘Unfold the guidebook!’ has been completed . ]

[Quest reward acquired . ]

[Quest ‘Open the character window!’ has been created . ]

Once the guidebook was opened, a message appeared .

‘Is it in order?’

Soo Hyuk thought to himself as he saw the message and the guidebook’s table of contents . The first explanation inside the guidebook was the character window .

And when the guidebook was opened, the quest that was created stated to open the character window . Anyhow, he believed that a quest would be created just like what was written on the table of contents .

‘Then the inventory should come out . ’

After the character window, was the inventory explanation . If what Soo Hyuk was thinking was correct, then the inventory quest would be created . Soo Hyuk opened the character window .

[Quest ‘Open the character window!’ has been completed . ]

[Quest reward acquired . ]

[Quest ‘Open the inventory!’ has been created . ]

‘As expected . ’

It was as expected . After the character window, the quest that was created was the inventory . But, Soo Hyuk did not open the inventory right away . It was because he did not yet read the explanation written in the guidebook . Soo Hyuk began to read the explanation regarding the character window .

‘Physical strength: attack and a little bit of vitality; Physical agility, defense and fatal blow damage; Stamina: vitality and increased efficiency of satiety; Wisdom: magic attack and mana . There are many different types besides the above four stats… . Is there no magic defense?’

The very first thing that came out was the explanation of the four basic kinds of stats . Soo Hyuk checked his character window as he read the explanation .

Level: 1

Experience: 0%

Vitality: 600

Mana: 200

Satiety: 97%

Strength: 10

Agility: 10

Stamina: 10

Wisdom: 10

‘It’s a little different . ’

It was a little different than what was written in the guidebook’s character window .

‘Is it because I don’t have it yet . ’

Soo Hyuk’s character window was different than what was written in the guidebook’s character window; where nationality and occupation did not exist . The reason it was probably non-existent was because there were no nationality and occupation yet . Soo Hyuk read the rest of the explanation regarding the character window .

‘If satiety becomes 0%, then the entire stat is temporarily 50% reduced? If it becomes -50% you die . ’

Soo Hyuk frowned as he read the explanation .

‘I was persistently going to read books… . ’

He wanted to sit in the library and persistently read books . However, satiety was the problem . If the satiety becomes 0%, he didn’t mind the stats being reduced; but -50% was different . Death, if satiety becomes -50%, you die .

If you die, your level and stats becomes reduced . Level is 1, Stats 1~3 were random . The problem wasn’t the level and stats being reduced . Honestly, Soo Hyuk did not care whether the level and stats were reduced . The problem was that he would not have access to the game for one day; the inaccessible penalty .

‘To fill satiety, the basics of gold should be needed . ’

In order to fill satiety, you would need to eat food . Since Soo Hyuk did not need to cook directly, he would need gold in order to purchase food .

‘Can’t use real money trading . ’

Soo Hyuk would be able to purchase gold with his allowance . However, Soo Hyuk had no thoughts of purchasing them . He had to buy books with his allowance .

‘Even if I did, right now’s not the time . ’

Besides, gold was tremendously expensive in the initial stages of the game . Even if you were to purchase it, it would be best to purchase after some time passed when the gold market was stable . Soo Hyuk read all of the explanation regarding the character window and closed it . And thereafter, he checked the inventory explanation while opening the inventory .

* * *

Soo Hyuk read everything in the guidebook and completed all of the guidebook quests and was now walking up North .

<Find the training drill instructor>

You have completely mastered the basics through the guidebook; you now have only one choice to make . Find the training instructor at one of the beginner training centers located in the East, West, North, or South and talk to them!

Quest reward: 2 gold, training sword

After the guidebook quest was finished, it was because the quest ‘Find the training drill instructor’ was created . The quest ‘Find the training drill instructor’ was just as stated; a quest to find the training instructor .

Because the quest took time to complete, in order to complete it, users were dispersed to not only one location, but to four different locations .

‘Let’s take a look at the library first, then go . ’

East, West, North, South, amongst the four different training centers, the reason Soo Hyuk chose the North-training center . It was because of the library .

If Soo Hyuk completed the guidebook quests, he would be able to obtain 15 gold . Nevertheless, he would need 50 gold in order to purchase a library pass .

That is, since he was short 35 gold, it would be impossible to utilize the library right now . However, Soo Hyuk wanted to see how the library looked, at least on the outside .

‘If I turn over there, it should come out!’

Soo Hyuk was able to arrive at his destination by looking at the map in the guidebook .

‘Wow… . ’

The size of the library was pretty big . It was so big that it couldn’t compare to the size of the school library .

‘It’s filled with books inside here . ’

He already had high expectations . What kinds of books would there be? After Soo Hyuk looked at the library for a short while, he began walking again .

‘Let’s hurry and save . ’

He wanted to save 50 gold quickly . If he saved 50 gold, he would be able to buy a library pass and his urge to read the books inside the library grew within his heart rapidly .

It was at that moment .

[Satiety has fallen below 50%]

‘Already?’

Soo Hyuk was surprised when he saw the message reading satiety had fallen to 50%, and opened the inventory . And from the inventory, he took out a hard bread which he acquired after a quest was completed .

‘I thought I would be able to endure a long time with this . ’

Through the rewards, he had acquired 30 hard breads . He thought he would be able to endure a long time with these 30 hard breads, but realized that opposite of what he thought prior; he would not be able to endure for long .

‘I need to raise the stamina a lot . ’

If he raised the stamina, not only will the vitality go up but the satiety efficiency will also rise . He would be able to endure longer with small portions .

‘Ow, it’s hard . ’

Soo Hyuk began eating the hard bread . The hard bread was exactly like its name; it was hard . It wasn’t like a rock, but it was hard enough that it made you think of a rock .

‘It also doesn’t taste good . ’

If it tasted good, he would’ve at least smiled while eating it . However, it also tasted bad . Soo Hyuk frowned as he chomped down and ate the bread .

‘Stamina right now with 1 bread is 30% . ’

After Soo Hyuk ate all of the bread, he checked the satiety, which rose 30% . Soo Hyuk began calculating when he found that one hard bread filled satiety 30% .

‘If I think of eating 3 breads in one day, I should be able to endure 10 days . ’

He didn’t know yet how many he would need to eat in one day . Nevertheless, if he were to eat 1 bread during each meal, he would be able to endure 10 days . After Soo Hyuk finished calculating how long he would be able to endure with the food retained as of now, he closed the inventory . And a short while after, he was able to arrive at his destination .

‘There’s a lot . ’

Was it because he was reading the guidebook meticulously and delaying time? There were already quite a lot of people inside the training center attacking the scarecrow . Soo Hyuk walked towards the scarecrow, past where users were diligently swinging their swords; to the person who was watching the users, who he thought to be the training instructor and approached him .

“Hello . ”

Soo Hyuk greeted the training instructor first when he arrived in front of him .

“Name . ”

The training instructor did not greet Soo Hyuk back, even after he greeted him . He just asked Soo Hyuk his name as he looked at him indifferently .

“My name’s Soo Hyuk . ”

[Quest ‘Find the training instructor’ has been completed . ]

[Quest reward acquired . ]

Once name was given, the quest was completed .

“Soo Hyuk, take out the sword in the inventory . ”

Even though they were NPC, because the NPC was intended for beginner training, the training instructor was different than the general NPC, whereas they knew about the inventory .

Swish .

Just as the training instructor stated, Soo Hyuk opened his inventory and took out the training sword he acquired when he completed the quest just a moment ago .

“Destroy the scarecrow with that sword and come back . ”

The training instructor spoke once Soo Hyuk took the sword out . And after the training instructor finished speaking, a quest appeared .

<Destroy the scarecrow!>

Destroy the 2 scarecrows located in the center of the training center!

[Training scarecrow: 0/2]

Quest reward: 2 gold, Low-grade armor made of rabbit leather

‘This is why they were hitting it . ’

He understood why the users were hitting the scarecrow .

“Okay . ”

[Quest ‘Destroy the scarecrow!’ has been accepted . ]

Soo Hyuk replied to the training instructor and the quest was accepted . And as soon as Soo Hyuk accepted the quest, the training instructor shook his head towards the scarecrow without saying a word . It was meant to go towards it . Soo Hyuk turned around .

And he approached the empty scarecrow users were not hitting and began swinging his sword .

Whack!

Was it because it was a training sword? It lacked sharpness . He felt like he was beating the scarecrow as he swung his sword, instead of cutting it .

‘Huh?’

It was at that moment .

‘What is that?’

Soo Hyuk tilted his head as he discovered something shining in the scarecrow’s armpit area while swinging his sword .

Swish!

Soo Hyuk swung his sword towards the shiny area in order to solve his curiosity .

Whack!

As soon as the sword burst, the shiny thing disappeared and a message appeared .

[Fatal blow!]

[Agility has increased 1 . ]