Storm Wind
Class: Fighter/Magician
Level 4/Level 3
Attributes:
- HP: 300/300
- Stamina: 140/140
- MP: 120/120
- Strength: 31
- Dexterity: 27
- Intelligence: 26
- Endurance: 30
- Reflex: 26
- Wisdom: 28
- Luck: 2 (+1)
- Free attribute point: 2
- Free skill point: 2/2
Experience: 14/800 (Fighter), 35/200 (Magician). Setting: 75:25
After leveling up, his Health, Stamina, and Mana had all fully refilled, making him feel refreshed and fatigued. However, his mental exhaustion persisted.
He decided to reset his experience setting back to 50:50. After this fight, he realized the importance of range prowess, but he couldn't neglect his main melee class. He set them for equal distribution to ensure both classes improved evenly, with the Magician class trailing not too far behind.
He chose to keep the free attribute points for now and proceeded to open his Battle Skill page. The notification revealed that he received a new skill.
There was an additional spell under the Magician skill section:
Magic Shield, level 1/20 (Active skill, melee, requires magic weapon)
Create a shield in front of equipped magic weapon. Serve as a shield with defense affected by intelligence stat.
Mana consumed: 1 each second
He thought it was a useful defensive skill, allowing him to reduce the risk in melee combat.
He immediately tried out the new skill, casting a shield in front of his magic staff. The shield-light emerged and floated before him, exuding an aura that made him feel secure. He moved his staff, and the shield followed.
He decided to use his Free Skill points to upgrade both defensive skills, increasing the level of Parry to level 3 and Magic Shield to level 2. He kept the remaining Free Skill points.
After sorting out his skills, he closed the status window and walked over to where Bill was. Like he expected, Bill's corpse had vanished, just like the first man he saw who was killed by zombies.
He crouched down and inspected the items on the ground:
Egg (normal Cooking Ingredient)
Carrot (normal Cooking Ingredient)
Chicken Soup (normal Cooking Recipe)
As expected from a person with the alias Master Chef, Bill's inventory was filled with Cooking stuff. He looked around and didn't find the knife and armor, meaning that not all items and equipment were dropped upon death.
He learned the Cooking recipe and put the ingredients into his inventory. He was about to leave when something caught his eye.
He stared at the piece of saber on the ground and didn't know what to think of it.
He picked up the weapon, expecting the system to prevent him from touching it, but he picked it up just fine. He inspected it with his God-eye monocle:
Blade of Haste, level 5/15 (uncommon one-handed weapon)
Physical damage: 40
Attack speed: 2
Increase movement speed by 10%
Durability: 40
Requirement: Level 5
He stored the saber in his Storage bag, thinking it would be useful in the future.
Afterward, he looked around again to make sure he didn't miss anything. He looked at Bill's house, which was already in ruin, and sighed before leaving.
He walked towards another area with less red dot to find a place to spend the night.
After two more days, Jack continued his journey, battling numerous monsters, mostly level 1 Zombies and level 2 Skeleton Thugs, but occasionally encountering level 3 Skeleton Thugs and on one occasion, a level 4 Skeleton Thug.
He leveled up to Fighter level 5 and Magician level 3. He equipped the Blade of Haste once he reached level 5, increasing his traveling speed. He stored the Bronze short sword, which had decreased in durability due to constant combat.
He also received a new skill for his level 5 Fighter:
Swing, level 1/20 (Active skill, melee, requires melee weapon)
Deal 120% physical damage to all enemies in a fan shape directly in front of the player
Stamina consumed: 15
Cooldown: 10 second cooldown
He used Magic Shield and Parry to block attacks and get monsters into position, then used the Swing skill to deal damage to multiple enemies at once.
While waiting for the Swing skill's cooldown, he relied on Magic Shield and his footwork for defense while landing normal attacks or Power Strike on one of the monsters.
He avoided using his Magician range attack during these few days to get used to melee fights in this world.
He received 24 copper coins and a pair of Sandals, which provided 1 defense. He also scavenged for ingredients, like carrots, rice, eggs, and cucumbers.
He used the cooking utensils in a residential house to cook Egg Fried Rice, receiving a fail on his first try but still gaining proficiency for his cooking skill.
On his second attempt, he was successful, cooking a edible Egg Fried Rice. He still hadn't met another soul since Bill on his entire journey.
