There was only a gap of 5 meters between Ryder and the profound bears that were chasing after him.
Ryder could feel the grim reaper coming after him as he tried his best to run away.
He was finally out of the territory of the 2nd level beasts and hoped that they wouldn't chase after him, but they didn't stop and kept chasing him.
Ryder was getting tired, but he didn't stop. He had managed to run to the edge of the beast valley.
The players that were fighting the level 1 monsters had finally managed to win their battle, and we're resting on the ground when they noticed a person running towards them.
"Hey, look at that guy. Isn't he the same person that went inside the valley to suicide? Why is he running here? "
" Might be too scared of the level two beasts. "
" Maybe he decided to listen to our advice and decided to look for another girlfriend? He must be in a hurry to thank us for our kind advice, that's why he's running. Such a nice guy."
The players talked amongst themselves with smiles on their faces, but their faces turned white instantly as soon as they saw the beasts following him.
"Uhmm... Guys? A... Are they level 2 beasts?" One of them stuttered as he saw the beasts after him.
" Run!!! " They screamed like kids as they stood up and started running away.
"He doesn't want to suicide alone! He wants us to kill us too! Run away! "
They kept screaming as they ran.
The scene turned into something quite odd.
More than 20 players were running away, and a silver-haired man was following them. He himself was being chased by 5 profound bears.
"Stop following us, you bastard! We don't want to die with you! "
" Go somewhere else! Die alone! "
" I think I can understand why your girlfriend left you! You're truly Evil! That's why god gave you a small pp."
" I don't want to die" One of the players was already crying as he ran.
Unfortunately, all 20 of them had decided to put most of their stat points in strength and defense instead of speed when making their character.
The distance between them and Ryder kept decreasing. It came to a point when Ryder was running together with them.
"Sorry guys. Blame Janus if you want to blame someone. It's all that bastard's fault." Ryder said without the least bit of shame as he continued running.
He got ahead of the 20 players in less than a few minutes. He could hear them cursing, but he shamelessly ignored their curses and continued ahead.
The profound bears stopped following Ryder and attacked the players that were closer to them.
The players had no choice but to engage in a battle with the level 2 beasts.
They were all annihilated by the beasts, but thankfully, Ryder had managed to enter the safety of the Novice Village by then.
He finally stopped as he breathed heavily.
He turned back to look outside the village.
"Sorry guys. I apologize for everything. I wish I could burn incense for you, but I'm too poor at the moment. I'll never forget your sacrifice, though. You guys are the real heroes. " He let out with a downcast look on his face.
<Mission Successful. The host has been given the skill 'All-Seer'>
"Awesome." A bright smile appeared on his face as he instantly forgot about the sacrifices.
He opened his status screen, and 'All-Seer' was there.
[Name: Hades
Species: Human
Level:2
Experience: 70/150
Strength: 5
Defense:4
Speed:4
Stamina:4
Dexterity:4
Intelligence:6
Available stat points: 0
Skills:
Enraged Slash: Level 1 (1% mastery)
All-Seer: Level 1 (1% mastery) ]
He tapped on the skill to see if it was the same as before. A new screen opened.
[Skill: All-Seer
Skill type: Unique
Description: A skill that can help the user see the stats of the monsters.
Restrictions: Stats of monster 1 or more level higher than the user can't be seen.
Mastery: 1%]
"Yup, it's exactly the same. As expected of Janus, he does make the impossible possible."
Ryder smiled as he closed the screens and started walking towards the house of the old woman.
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In a dark place, A girl was floating with her eyes closed. The girl looked like she was 14-15 years old, but she didn't have an actual age as she was the A.I. that controlled the game. She was known by the citizens of Divinity as the goddess Maya.
She abruptly opened her eyes with a confused look on her face.
"Someone got the All-Seer? That's impossible." She muttered as she looked perplexed.
She made a gesture with her hand as she scanned the data to find the one who got the skill.
A screen opened in front of her that showed a boy. The boy looked like he was 23 years old. He had light blue eyes and shiny silver hair. He was walking in the novice village.
"Show me his stats," She said.
There was another screen that opened in front of her that showed Ryder's stats.
"Hades..." She muttered with a thoughtful look on her face as she saw his stats.
"A level 2 player with All-Seer?" She let out.
"Show me his activity since he joined." She muttered.
Another screen appeared nearby that started showing a video feed.
She saw him choosing his stats and entering the novice village.
He walked to the village Elder and learned the Enraged Slash.
Till now, she found nothing wrong. There was only one thing that was strange. It was that she couldn't hear what he was saying. She could hear what others were saying, but not him.
The boy got 'Enraged Slash.' He walked into the beast valley. He stole the 'Nine sun grass' and he... he ran away?
"Something is wrong, but what? Nothing about this boy makes sense. Most importantly, there is no clue about how he got the All-Seer." She saw the whole feed, but she couldn't find anything out.
"Was it a glitch? I'll just remove that skill then." She muttered as she made another gesture.
Ryder's status screen opened again.
She clicked on All-Seer. Two options appeared in front of her. Upgrade or Delete.
She tapped on delete.
[Error: Skill can't be removed]
Strangely enough, another screen opened that showed off an Error.
Her eyes opened wide in surprise as she saw the screen.
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[Error: The skill can't be removed]
A red screen was in front of Maya that was showing the error.
She couldn't believe that she was unable to remove the skill of the man.
She tried once more, but the end result was the same.
"This can't be happening." She muttered as she fell into deep thoughts.
She decided to test something else.
She tapped on Enraged Slash.
Again two options appeared in front of her.
[Update] [Delete]
She tapped on delete.
[Error: The skill can't be removed]
Again a red screen appeared in front of her that showed her the error.
She made another gesture with her hand, and a different screen appeared near her that showed a different person.
Surprisingly, that person's player name was Big Daddy.
She didn't know that he knew Ryder. It was just an unfortunate coincidence that he was chosen for the testing.
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Since the number of players in the game was high, there were more than a hundred novice villages. Players were sent to one of them randomly.
Most of the things were the same in all these villages.
In one of the villages, a man was walking around.
The man looked to be in his mid-twenties. He looked somewhat fat, and his height was small, but he was walking in full swag.
It wasn't clear how he did it, but he had managed to find some stylish glasses that he was wearing at the moment.
He was going inside the valley to fight level 1 beasts.
The man was the Owner of Dream Corporation, Shu Maxwell. The man Ryder met during the day.
"Brother Ryder still hasn't accepted my request. I'll call him after I log out." Shu muttered in an upset tone as he continued walking ahead with a sword in his hand.
He had managed to find a level one snow wolf. He ran towards the wolf to have his first fight.
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Maya was looking at the screen that showed Shu running towards the beast, but she didn't care about it.
"Show me his stats," She said.
Another screen appeared that showed the status of Shu.
[Name: Big Daddy
Species: Human
Level:2
Experience: 0/100
Strength: 5
Defense:5
Speed:4
Stamina:5
Dexterity:4
Intelligence:2
Available stat points: 0
Skills:
Slash: Level 1 (0% mastery) ]
Maya tapped on 'Slash,' and two options appeared in front of her.
[Update] [Delete]
She tapped on delete, and a different screen appeared in front of her.
[Deletion Successful]
"It works. There's no problem here. Then why isn't it working on the other guy? " She fell into deep thoughts.
She completely forgot about Shu as she closed his screen. She was so engrossed in her thoughts that she even forgot to restore his skill.
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Shu was running towards the beast with full confidence. He had just learned the skill from the Sword Elder and was ready to show off its effects.
"You stupid beast! How dare you terrorize the lands when this Young Knight is here? You shall be punished! "
" Eat the special move of Big Daddy! " Shu let out loud as he raised his sword high in the air.
" Slash! " He roared as he swung his sword.
The sword did manage to hit the wolf, but Shu could feel that something was strange.
There was no power behind that attack. It felt like a normal swing of the sword.
He had expected the beast to either be dead or heavily wounded, but only a small wound could be seen on its skin.
He could see the red eyes of the beast, and he started to regret his decision of coming to face the beast alone.
He didn't know why, but there was a weak voice in his head that was telling him something.
He couldn't understand what it was saying, but he felt like the voice was telling him that he was fucked now.
He somewhat agreed with the voice as tears appeared in his eyes.
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Ryder had no idea that his Janus had not only turned his life into a living hell but it also caused poor Shu to be punished.
Ryder finally found the old woman sitting outside.
He walked towards her and stopped as he stood in front of her.
"Grandma, I found the herb for you," Ryder said with a smile.
"You... you're back so soon? You're not hurt, are you?" She was surprised as she saw Ryder and the grass in his hand.
"I'm perfectly fine. Not even a scratch on me." He said with a smile.
'Though I'm not sure about those 20 guys.' He thought with a wry smile on his face.
He gave the nine sun grass to her.
"Thank you, son. Now I might be able to live for longer and see my son once more. I don't know how I can thank you enough." She said in an emotional tone as he held the nine sun grass in her hand.
"You don't need to thank me, grandma. I'm like your son, after all." Ryder said.
" I shall go now. " He said as he turned back to leave.
"Wait. I want to give you something." She said suddenly.
Ryder stopped in his tracks as a grin appeared on his face.
His expressions returned back to normal as he turned back.
"I don't have any money to give, but I can teach you the skill of mine. " She said in a gentle tone.
" That would be amazing. Thank you, Grandma." Ryder thanked her.
" Very well. " She smiled.
A notification screen appeared in front of Ryder.
[Grandma Wang wants to teach you the skill 'Flame Blast.' Do you want to accept?]
[Yes] [No]
Ryder tapped 'Yes.'
[Skill Learned]
He checked the description of the skill.
[Name: Flame Blast
Skill Type: Magic
Skill Grade: Unique
Level:1
Description: A powerful fire blast that can burn everything to cinders.
Daily Limits: 5
Cooldown Time: 2 minutes]
"Thank you, Grandma." He thanked the woman before he left.
"Finally, the preparation is complete." He muttered with a smile on his face.