Ascyaf O Vivid: The VRMMORPG Story

Chapter 3: The Starting Point

As soon as Akuji opened his eyes, he could see the crowd of players piling up so dense that he had to jostle to be able to get out of the spawn point.

Sitting somewhere quieter, Akuji began to look around.

He saw that although all the players present were not all beginners, some players with the exact same set of clothes that he appeared every few minutes once— showed how popular this game really was.

"Leszl City," murmured Akuji reading the name of the city that appeared in the map in the upper right corner of his view.

Closing the map that appeared, Akuji turned his mind back to his own problem, opened the panel and began to look at the details of his character.

—•—

(no) ✱ Akuji - Level 0

Race : Human

Health: 100/100

Life: 100/100

Strength :1 ❖ Intelligent :1

Agility :1 ❖ Dexterity :1

Vitality : 1 ❖ Special (Locked) :1

Free stat points: 10

....

—•—

Looking roughly, Akuji felt that there was nothing he really needed to notice. The installed title, name, and level are in a single line followed by the race and basic stats.

Self-installed titles are usually used by players to increase the fame (fame) they have since the effect of the title they have will still apply even if it is not installed.

Akuji knew he didn't have to bother thinking about it since he didn't have a title and just threw all his free stat points to Intelligent. With his weapons, grimore, Intelligent and Dexterity will increase his magic power by 0.6 and 0.2 respectively, making Akuji prefer Intelligent for more powerful magic power.

As for the Special stat that locked itself, he knew from what Charista said that he needed to complete the first Awakening Quest at level 40 to be able to unlock the stat along with the second weapon system.

In addition to that, for the storage part he has 100 Inar (in-game currency), a map of Lezl City, a pair of beginner clothing sets (shirts and pants), and a newbie, shoes and a grimore named Abra Ca Dabra that managed to make it a little flushed.

"Somehow I feel this grimore is like the book ABCD ...." Akuji mutters. However he knew that this grimore was indeed not far from it, since the terms of its user were at Level 0 as well as its status as an initial weapon.

Rather than dizzying about such things, Akuji paid more attention to the other side, which was the skill section. There was no magic Skill Tree that instantly appeared as in his hope —so as to be able to immediately burn something— but rather just a clue to head to the Magic Association west of the city to be able to learn the related Skill Tree his initial weapon, the Elementalist Skill Tree.

However, this did not mean that he did not possess a Skill Tree from the very beginning. Battle Skill, it was the name of the Tree Skill that the system gave early on to the entire player. And despite having quite a scary name, this Skill Tree did not have one type of attack skill but only support skills that helped in battle. But not a single player missed those skills on the simple grounds, it was a fundamental skill.

As an example of Swift Run Skill, a skill that he had learned automatically. Reading the description of the skill, Akuji knew that this skill would accelerate the movement for a maximum of 10 seconds at the cost of stamina. The higher the skill level the longer the duration.

In addition to Swift Run, there is also a First Aid that can heal yourself and also friends even though the number itself is not large but the skill itself does not require cast time like the Cleric Skill Tree healing skill, Playing Dead that can eliminate aggro monsters instantly but can not move for ten seconds.

Especially with the Skill Guard, Parry, and Evasion. Skills that really need to be learned to be able to defend yourself against attacks. Although the compatibility of the type of defense and weapons also needs to be considered, such as how Akuji will not be able to perform an effective Guard or Parry since his main weapon is a Grimore, a book, and the, and left him only the option for Evasion.

And with all of those skills being at Tier 1, those skills could be immediately learned without even bothering to take additional quests, making this Skill Tree never to be forgotten.

At least that general thing did not apply to Akuji who was more focused on his number of free Skill Points.

'The Ten Skill Points?' thought Akuji before immediately opening the map and starting running to the Mage Association while occasionally activating Swift Run, breaking through the existing crowd of players.

"Is that some kind of magic tower?" murmured Akuji before entering the tower and heading to the reception desk.

"Welcome, can we help you?"

"I want to practice magic" Akuji replied.

"Well wait a minute, this is the registration sheet you need to fill in to be able to learn magic in the Magic Association. Please fill it carefully," the receptionist said.

After filling out the sheet and registering as a member of the Magic Association to make it easier to gain access to the next Tier Skill, the 100 Inar that Akuji had now vanished leaving only a large zero in his wallet. And without thinking about the financial problems that now arise, Akuji headed straight for the training area.

The closer to the training area, the more Akuji could hear the cries of the name of the skill in his ears. However ...

"Why did they even shout it that loud?"

... That's all I can say.

In Vivid, the skill is not activated through voice or mind, which often causes unintentional activation problems but with the skill button that is in the player's field of view.

Even so, voice or mind input still helps because it can immediately show the Skill button in question. In other words, the Skill button can be said to be just a form of confirmation to avoid possible errors.

But the problem is—

"Don't they need to do that since there are very few skills possessed at this level?"

'Maybe they just forgot about it or got too excited?' he added inwardly ruling out other possibilities.

Arriving at the training area, Akuji immediately showed the Witch Association member's mark card to the guards in the area. Following the instructions given, Akuji walked over to a group of people who were most likely beginners as well. Until a group of Residents (NPCs) in Magic Association uniforms arrived.

"Alright, it seems like all the new members have gathered," said the person leading the group before continuing, "All of you, welcome to the Magic Association. Well, even though I said that you guys must have gotten tired of hearing that, right? So straight away, I Veiz, will teach you the basics of magic and I'm sure you'll be quick to learn since most of you are strangers.

"But before that, let's divide into two groups to make it easier. For people who want to become an honorable magician standing at the forefront, a Battle Mage please go to the right side" Veiz said in high spirits. Before continuing, "With the Elementalist losers to the side." With a really scornful tone.

And the remark immediately made a ruckus among players, especially those who had the clue to take out an Elementalist Skill Tree like Akuji. Are there NPCs in the game that clearly vilify other classes (Skill Trees)?

IT'S RIGHT HERE!

However, regardless of that the group of players began to split in two, and the impact of Veiz's remarks was clearly visible. The group that chose to take the Tree Skill Battle Mage was much larger than the Elementalist Group, even if the weapon they were holding was not a spear or a staff, the weapon reserved for the Tree Skill Battle Mage but a grimore.

It wasn't a really big deal other than to be able to learn the Tree Skill next became even more difficult. At least that's what I thought ...

[Veiz's fondness for you is diminishing]

And as if justifying the content of the notice, Veiz said, "Well, looks like we're getting some losers here. You guys who choose to become Elementalists, go to the 10th Training Area and drop the target flying there a hundred times."

[Quest : Elementalist Training

Go to the 10th Training Area and fall flying targets in the area 100 times.

*Please remember, that flying target is moving pretty fast!

**One practice session lasts for ten minutes (game time).

Gift: Study the Elementalist Skill Tree and unlock its entire Tier 1 Skill.

Punishment: There is no]

... Until this series of events happens.