บท 2: Strange behaviour of Jade

The little fairy Jade took a joyful spin in the air leaving colored lights behind her, as if she were stardust. Jade waved her hand and a screen appeared in front of Xie Feng's eyes:

[Real Name: Xie Feng]

[Battle Zone: China]

[Status points available: 25]

[Fixed attribute points: 10]

As Xie Feng looked out the window in front of him, Jade kindly explained:

"Each player has 25 status points at the beginning. These 25 status points can be distributed among the 4 main basic attributes, namely:

Strength, agility, vitality and intelligence.

Strength / STR will define the amount of physical damage you cause when attacking with your bare hands or a weapon. This attribute is primarily used by attack-based Warriors. 1 point of STR equals 2 attack power!

Agility / AGI defines the rate you have to avoid the attack of a monster, NPC, or player. This attribute can be very different depending on each person since, depending on each person's physical qualities and innate talent; even with low agility, it is possible to avoid attacks if you have good reflexes and reaction speed! 1 point of AGI equals 1 of accuracy and 1 of evasion!

Vitality / VIT represents the number of life points / HP your character will have within the Samsara world. This attribute is the most important at the beginning of the game because if your HP is too low, you will not be able to resist a monster's attack! 1 point of VIT is equivalent to 10 HP and 1 point of defense!

The intelligence / INT defines the number of skills or magic you can use. If your INT is low while you are in a battle, you cannot use any skill that requires mana consumption! This attribute is the most important one for Mages type characters because 1 point of INT is equivalent to 10 MP and 2 points of magic attack!"

While Jade explained the use and importance of each basic attribute, Xie Feng listened attentively.

Although Xie Feng already knew the usefulness of each attribute, he still listened patiently. His patience was worthwhile because there was no magic in any virtual reality video game, the INT attribute was new.

There were only simple skills in the past video games, and instead of mana, the element used was called will.

"Because at the beginning of the game all status attributes are too important, the user must give 4 points to each basic attribute, please choose!"

When Jade finished speaking, a small gray screen appeared in front of Xie Feng.

The screen looked like this:

[Status points available: 25]

[VIT: - 0 +]

[STR: - 0 +]

[AGI: - 0 +]

[INT: - 0 +]

The 0 represented the number of points that each basic attribute had and the + and - signs were to withdraw and add points again in case at the last moment you wanted to change your mind.

Just as Xie Feng was about to begin his distribution, Jade's voice came back into his ears:

"Player Xie Feng, I will give you a kind reminder: Samsara Online is the first virtual world to possess the INT attribute and magic. Besides, for each 2 points added to a basic status and then removed, 1 of those points will be lost forever."

Xie Feng's finger, which was about to press the agility attribute (AGI) on which the Assassins mainly rely, stopped abruptly on hearing Jade's words.

"What do you mean by this?" -Xie Feng asked confused.

Unfortunately for him, no matter how much Xie Feng asked again, Jade never answered his questions.

Xie Feng looked at the time on the left side and saw that the servers were 10 minutes away from starting.

Xie Feng frowned deeply as he fell into his own thoughts. Although he had previously heard that Samsara Online's NPCs would have intelligence on a normal human level, this is something he honestly did not expect.

The fact that the little fairy loli in front of him said those words is too strange, even a fool could say that she was practically telling Xie Feng to increase his basic attributes to become a Mage.

However, Xie Feng never played in with a Wizard. Even in computer or console video games, he never chose the Magician class.

While Xie Feng thought that a change should come from time to time, he remembered Xie Yao's slightly sad face.

Xie Feng took a short breath before finally making his decision. He raised his hand and added 4 status points to each of the 4 basic attributes, as Jade had previously told him that it was mandatory to have a minimum of 4 points on each attribute.

Then he looked at the remaining 9 points for a moment and started adding them in the way he thought best.

When he finished adding the 25 status points given by the system, Jade spinned in the air again and smiled happily like a happy little baby:

"Ding-Dong! Status window 90% completed! Now choose your character name please!"

Hearing the words of the little pixie, Xie Feng smiled and said without hesitation:

"Shiva!"

Shiva, one of the 3 main gods of the Hindu religion. Shiva's name represents the god who destroys and recreates the universe!

Jade smiled even more happily and waved her little hand in the air.

[Ding!]

[System announcement: status window complete!]

"Congratulations player Xie Feng- nono, Shiva! Check your status window again and confirm that everything is correct. The Samsara Online servers will officially open in 2 minutes!" -Jade narrowed her eyes gently and said cheerfully.

Xie Feng wondered if the fairies of the rest of the players in the world were also this happy and weird. With strange thoughts in mind, Xie Feng opened his status window.

Status window:

[Player name: Shiva]

[VIT: 7 ]

[STR: 4 ]

[AGI: 4 ]

[INT: 10 ]

After hearing Jade's strange reminder and thinking about of Xie Yao, Xie Feng changed his mind and decided to change his typical Assassin class for a class he never played in his entire life, a Mage-type character.

Where will this decision lead him? Xie Feng doesn't know, but he certainly looks forward to it.

Xie Feng looked at the digital clock on the left and when he saw the time he smiled:

11:59!

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