VRMMO | Terris Story: Someone "Them"
03:B.Irregular, Status
After Linnea accepted the fate if her race was Halfling, the forced one could not be changed anymore. The two get another surprise that could make Alice into a daze. Because after that, two Character Creation displays appear, where it states if each of them will have a character to play.
Linnea regains her spirit after learning that Alice will play with him.
While Alice on the other hand ended up getting a turn to experience what Linnea felt before while getting Halfing as a race to be played. And of course, Alice never once thought if she would join in making her own Avatar character.
Back at the Character Creation stage; after selecting a race, the two are immediately switched to set the 10 Potentia Point prefix given by the system.
Putting his index finger on his chin, Linnea started to think for a moment.
With the Glass Cannon concept focusing on damage (Damage) while ignoring other aspects, Linnea naturally paid attention to the Potentia of the two parameters related to power breakdown; Strength and Intelligence.
Strength: 0.7
Intelligence: 1.0
Looking at those two parameters, Linnea could instantly decide which stats should be the focal point of her character.
Linnea immediately used his entire Potentia Point to drastically increase the growth of Intelligence statistics; and completely ignored the Strength parameters. Because even though Strength affects the ability of characters to lift and use heavy equipment (Heavy Equipment) —such as Heavy Armor (Heavy Armor) and such, Equipment suitable for Halfling nations is not really something like that, because the heavy burden that Heavy Equipment has will only weaken the superiority of the race they have; namely agility.
[Race of Potentia]
Strength: 0.7
Agility: 1.4
Dexterity: 1.0
Intelligence: 1.0 » 2.0
Vitality: 0.8
Endurance :1.1
Potentia Point :10 » 0
"Huh. . , Glass Cannon. . ." Alice could only sigh while shaking her head as she watched Linnea do just that, again, after a long time.
The truth is Alice feels lucky because Terris uses a growth correction system on the player parameters. Because otherwise, the characters played by Linnea would have stats like this;
Level 100
Strength: 10
Agility 10
Dexterity: 10
Intelligence: 1389
Vitality 10
Endurance :10
. . . It's too unbalanced.
. . .
Finished with her own, Linnea turned to see how Alice arranged her character Potentia.
[Race of Potentia]
Strength :0.7 » 1.0
Agility :1.4 » 1.5
Dexterity: 1.0
Intelligence: 1.0
Vitality : 0.8 » 1.0
Endurance :1.1 » 1.5
Potentia Point :10 » 0
And in contrast to Linnea, Alice chose to make her character have a fairly balanced growth base. Which naturally creates characters that have high flexibility and are safe enough to play.
He also did not forget to think that the Agility parameters of the Halfling race were slightly high to be balanced with the increase in Stamina capacity, which in this case is part of Vitality and Endurance.
. . . Switching from Potentia, the third stage of Character Creation is Appearance or appearance.
Both of them were immediately faced with a costume menu containing from hair to toe and followed by a projection of the look of a girl.
—Because Linnea itself is shorter than Halfling model data owned by the system, height adjustment and reconstruction of the body model racially is not necessary at all. As a result, the projections that appeared were exactly with him without the slightest flaw.
"High. . , ugh."
Desperately, Linnea ended up complaining a little when she found out that her character height options were locked following the short characteristics of the Halfling race.
Understanding what Linnea really wanted to do, Alice let out a long sigh. "Heah. . , that's better. It's all hard if your character's height is different from your real body, you know?"
"Maou. . ." Linnea could only nod lethargicly while reassuring herself.
Turning to look at the other costumes available, Linnea herself was not too keen on changing her appearance. He just wanted to be himself, and changing his appearance was too much.
But before long Linnea looked at the 'it' part, which made her swallow and fall silent. Looking down, his gaze was clearly not blocked by anything there.
. . . Plus? thought Linnea hesitating.
'That' really made him feel hollow, especially looking at himself. Remembering her sister, Luna, was even more contained than her.
. . . Should he go to the dark side?
. . .
. . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . .
After thinking it over for a while, Linnea ended up shaking quietly.
He found it pointless to add 'it' in Virtual Reality. Moreover, 'it' will only hinder him in various senses, including making himself more susceptible to attacks, he thought again.
That way, his intention was also crushed.
Leaving her character just like that with no change at all, Linnea finished her Avatar character quickly. He turned to see Alice who was busy changing the color of her character's eyes.
"Lilac. . . no. . ."
"Jade. . , you're not fit."
"Black. . . Whaaaaah?!"
Alice who was immersed in picky-picking was made to shout when Linnea suddenly hugged her from behind while placing her chin over the girl's head.
"Don't be surprised! Basic. . !" alice protested in annoyance.
But ignoring the outcry, Linnea gave a suggestion. "Red Ruby."
"Red Ruby's? Oh. . , then this is it."
And with Alice only changing the eye color of her character, the third stage was finally completed without taking much time. Which immediately brought the two on the final stage.
[Specify the character name]
"Alice." without the need to feel confused, Alice uses her own name on her character.
Meanwhile, Linnea was silent in her place.
. . . A name.
For a long time, Linnea had always held that name; a name that was tied to her from birth.
. . . Saturated.
He is overwhelmed by the burden he carries. Therefore, even if it was just for a moment, he wanted to remove the chains that were shackling him. Feel new things freely and rest yourself.
'I. . not anymore, Amaryllis.' he said inwardly.And with eyes that showed resolution in him, he muttered a name.
"Elcia."
[Caraker name: Elcia]
[Character name: Alice]
[Character is successfully created. You want to continue?]
Looking at the system message, the two exchanged glances.
Stretching out her hand, Alice said with a smile. "Come on!"
Linnea smiled back and grabbed Alice, nodding.
" " [Yes] " "
[Enter Terris : Limitless]
[Early Point: Neutral area of Nave Village, North Terris]
. . !
Like it has fallen in a daydream. When her consciousness returned, Linnea found herself sitting on a wooden bench.
"This. . ?"
Linnea widened her eyes, as before the girl was seen a green grassy hill with small houses standing far away from the others.
Looking up, the girl's hand immediately blocked the bright light that fell piercing into the eye, the sunlight, which pierced through the dense foliage of the large tree behind her.
He quickly came to a conclusion.
'So. . , so, this is in Terris. . .'
'But this. . , so, real?' he thought again, trying to move his hand. That instantly shocked him as he was able to feel the presence of air passing through his hand.
Everything felt so real, which caused him to find it difficult to distinguish it from the real world.
Alice, who had been sitting next to him from the beginning, finally spoke. "Haha, ha. . , this is outrageous, right?" he said with a strange feeling.
No longer surprised by Alice's whereabouts as before, Linnea replied. "Maybe. But. . , this is not bad." she replied, smiling slightly.
With her hands clasping each other, and leaning against the seat where she sat, both Linnea and Alice easily fell down to enjoy the wind.
"Indeed, not bad." Alice closed her eyes with a faint smile.
. . .
" [Open Status] "
In response to the girl's voice, a panel of characters appeared instantly before her eyes. However, the panel before him was not only his own, but also Alice's.
...[.Combatant Status]...
Elcia
Level :0
Health 80/80
Where 120/120
Stamina: 100/100
Hunger 98%
Thirst 96%
「Parameters」
Strengths :7
Agility 14
Dexterity: 10
Intelligence: 20
Vitality 8
Endurance :11
•— Details [+]
「Skill」
Halfling Walker [Passive] [Race]
Halfling Endurance [Passive] [Race]
Irregular: Soul Link
•— Details [+]
「Equipment」
Common Traveler Set (Top)
The Common Traveler Set (Bottom)
The Common Traveler Bag (Small)
•— Details [+]
Weight: 0.9/56.0
Title: -
...————...
...[.Combatant Status]...
Alice
Level :0
Health: 100/100
Where :60/60
Stamina: 115/115
Hunger 98%
Thirst 96%
「Parameters」
Strength: 10
Agility 15
Dexterity: 10
Intelligence: 10
Vitality 10
Endurance :15
•— Details [+]
「Skill」
Halfling Walker [Passive] [Race]
Halfling Endurance [Passive] [Race]
Irregular: Soul Link
•— Details [+]
「Equipment」
Common Traveler Set (Top)
The Common Traveler Set (Bottom)
The Common Traveler Bag (Small)
•— Details [+]
Weight: 0.9/80.0
Title: -
...————...
Looking at its status, the six main parameters have been set at a value ten times the Potentia of the character at the beginning of the level.
Given each parameter can not be below the number 1, and rather than set it to be equally, even, the Sekai Shard decided to create character parameters directly following the predefined Potentia —after coupled with the allocation of Potentia Point by the player. It also indirectly reinforces the realist impression that everyone will never be the same.
In straight comparison to that, the Health, Mana and Stamina belonging to the characters of Alice and Linnea were different from each other.
And of course, Linnea excelled in terms of the amount of Mana seeing her Intelligence parameters exactly double that of Alice's Intelligence character; with Health and Stamina exchanges being lower.
Everything looks without problems, but. . ,
Linnea put on an enigmatic face as she looked at her Skill List. ". . .Soul Links? What. . ?"
Because he did not even know what kind of skill it was and since when it was there. Curious, he directly pressed the [+] button to see the details of that Skill.
...[.Skill Details]...
『Irregular | Soul Link』
「Soul Link: Assimilation」 [Active]
Mastery: New Combatant (0.00%)
Assimilate the physical and spiritual aspects of two individuals into one, which provides improved parameters as well as temporary acquisition of all the Skills of both individuals.
Health, Where, Stamina :+30% 「Spirit」 Stats
All Parameters: +10% 「Spirit」 Parameters
• 「Assimilation」 has two roles;
「Host」, which maintains physical existence while simultaneously being Vessel for 「Spirit」.
And 「Spirit」, which provides improved parameters.
• 「Assimilation」,「Spirit」 will not get Level and Skill Mastery improvements.
• 「Assimilation」, the whole Skill belongs to 「Host」and 「Spirit」 can be used with several conditions.
• 「Assimilation」 must have 『Irregular | Soul Link』.
Duration: -
Cost: 20% Max Mana, 30% Max Health
Cooldown : -
「Soul Link: Connection」[Passive]
Mastery: New Combatant (0.00%)
Allows to communicate with each other through the mind with the target within a maximum distance of 10 meters.
• 「Connection」 must have 『Irregular | Soul Link』
Duration: -
Cost : -
Cooldown : -
You are a unique existence. No need to care about how people see, just stay yourself because you are special.
...————...
Linnea suddenly created a headache with a Skill that could somehow be on her character Skill list.
He wouldn't think too much of it if it was just an ordinary Skill, which could still be considered a starting Skill for beginners. But after all, this one was definitely not an ordinary Skill seen in any respect. And even if they can guess the culprit. . ,
". . . This, abuse of authority, right?" said Linnea with a flat face.
". . . Clear."
For the first time, a long strand occurred in Terris. . .
