Ding!
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Quest complete
Check system for rewards.
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Nora didn't even notice the system notification as she was too busy dismantling the fish. Even after she had successfully cut up the fish, she still didn't pay attention because she had already started to dig in.
Finally, after devouring some of the fish she remembered the quest, 'oh yeah,' she thought 'I should probably look at what I got.'
'Quest'
Ding!
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Quest rewards:
Int +20
Stealing chance 50%
System Inventory open
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'Well I don't feel much smarter than before but I do feel sneakier,' Nora thought after reading the rewards. 'It looks like the system also unlocked a new feature.. system inventory huh, it should be the same as all the other features.'
'Inventory' Nora thinks. A small white, slightly transparent box not unlike what she's used to appears, and she was able to store the coin inside, but before she could store the rest of the fish in there as well she noticed that a bunch of other smaller creatures had gathered around her.
Nora had been so busy eating and looking at her rewards that she hadn't noticed them coming.
Typically the smaller creatures had avoided her since they saw her as a predator, but after she had killed such a large fish, it seemed they couldn't help themselves and had decided to take their chances against the predator for some food.
While Nora was distracted they had surrounded her and formed this sort of ominous circle, Nora looked confused and concerned. Tilting her head around at all of the animals who seemed unmoving.
Finally, after a long silence one of them stepped up to try and make limited communication.
The creature that stepped up happened to be a rather large looking mouse. If this was her old life, Nora would be terrified, but now Nora just felt a little confused. The mouse, after stepping forward made a gesture towards the fish and then Nora.
After a few seconds Nora realized that this small, sort of tough mouse was looking for a fight to get at some of her food
'Oh hell no. If this mouse thinks it can have some of my food it is barking up the wrong tree… is that even the right phrase? I don't think so. Either way…' her thoughts trailed off as she quickly used her inspect skill to see what kind of a mouse she was up against.
Her system description read:
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Forest Mouse
level:2
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'Ok so roughly the same level as me, but I think I have an advantage because I am a crow and this is a mouse.' Nora thought, then she nodded her head to accept the duel and got into a fighting stance. After a few seconds the fight began.
Initially she took the defensive as the mouse quickly ran towards her, Nora watched as the mouse almost ran into her then dodged quickly to the left at the last second in an attempt to get at her wings.
Nora quickly side stepped, turning towards the mouse and she swiftly counter attacked with a peck, headed straight towards the mouse's abdomen.
The mouse once again dodged, turned around, and then leaped over her head and onto her back.
Nora, feeling the mouse on her back, moved to perform a surprisingly well executed roll that threw the mouse off, the mouse ended up landing closer towards the river, now slightly stunned.
Nora, seeing the opportunity, used her wings. Instead of flying, she used her wings to speed up her attack at the mouse, she sped towards it and grabbed it with one of her claws, then she spun around, attempting to throw it into the river.
This move kind of worked. The mouse managed to hold onto her leg even in its stunned state, so most of the way through the spin Nora decided to just go for a second spin to build up more momentum.
Eventually, the mouse couldn't hold on anymore and was thrown into the river.
Ding!
Exp gained +25
Nora stopped spinning and stood there for a second, stunned. 'I didn't think that that would actually work' Nora thought, feeling surprised, then she realized that all of the other creatures were still behind her.
She spun around in a rush and hastily made sure that no one had taken her fish.
Much to her surprise, all of them seemed to be staring at the river, seemingly more surprised and frightened than she was.
Looking at all of them, Nora felt a surge of confidence. She looked at all of them and gave them a provocative gesture with her wing, moving it like she would hand in a 'come at me' gesture.
All of the other smaller creatures hesitated, now weighing whether fighting is worth it or not.
Eventually, one smaller snake comes up and decides to take this challenge for the fish. To Nora, the snake appeared to be a kind of garden snake. Her suspicions were confirmed when she checked her system description.
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garden snake
Level:1
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Nora's confidence grew, and she quickly defeated this snake, throwing it once again into the river, gaining another 10 experience.
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Nora
Exp: 135/150
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Nora, feeling confident as ever, continued to beat any of the small creatures that dared to challenge her for her sushi until eventually, there weren't any small creatures left. Nora sighed from exhaustion, but ended up relatively unharmed.
Despite fighting all the creatures she hadn't leveled up again, which Nora was a bit disappointed at.
Since there were no other creatures to fight, she just decided to just put the fish in her inventory and go about her day.
It was getting rather late at this point since she spent so much time fighting those animals, so she decided to go and find somewhere to rest.
Looking around she managed to find this small, completely empty hollow of a tree that was only about halfway up, and she decided that this would be a good place to rest for now.
She pulled out the fish, ate a little bit more of her sushi and put it back into her system inventory.
'Great, OK. Game plan for tomorrow. I should probably spend some time getting some more experience since that'll be a good way for me to level up. If I keep beating low level creatures then eventually I should get to a higher level and I should gain some more skills and become stronger, that'll be the best way for me to survive for now.'
'I have no idea when I can get to a higher level or if there's even an evolutionary path like in some games, so this is probably the best plan for now is to just get as strong as I can so that I don't die.' Nora reasoned,
'That seems like a good plan at least until I get my next quest, it seems like quests give a lot more experience than just killing a bunch of creatures…. Although, I'm sure if I killed higher level creatures, I probably would get more experience. I don't really want to challenge higher level creatures since that's a little too risky and I don't quite have enough fighting ability to do that yet.' Nora sighed a bit at how weak she was.
'That fish was probably one of the stronger creatures that I should try and take on…'
After making a plan, Nora's thoughts drifted to other things and eventually, she fell asleep.
Over the next few days she spent her time flying around the forest using her greater sight to see better and fight any of the lower level creatures she could find, both increasing her level and her fighting prowess.
In only a few days, she managed to increase her level from level 2, to level 3 and then from level 3 to level 4.
On the last day, while taking a short rest in one of the trees, Nora was looking at her stats in satisfaction.
'Stats'
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Name: Nora
Species: Crow
Class: Crow
Level: 4
EXP:165/250
StatsHP (Health Points): 350
MP (Mana Points): 50
(STR): 15
(INT): 45
(DEF): 15
(MDEF): 15
(DEX): 20
(AGI): 45
(VIT): 15
(LUK): 20
Elemental Affinities
Weaknesses: Lightning, Fire
Resistances: Wind
Immunities: None
Abilities & Skills
Peck, Caw, Greater sight (active skill), Feathercloak
Passive Traits
Basic inspect, Basic flight, Aerial Dodge, Greater Sight, Glide, Flock alert
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Glide: Use air currents to reduce stamina drain while flying.
Flock Alert: If 3 or more crows are nearby, gain +10% AGI and +5% damage.
Feathercloak – Enter a stealth state in low light or when still.
MP cost: 3 per minute
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System inventory
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Coin
Small meat- 5 portions
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