"And then there was one."
Hearing those words, Grizzler's frown grew even deeper.
'To take on the three of us and still be standing, even if he had help, just who did Jordan offend?.' Standing some distance from Freddy, Grizzler's mind was taut as he was ready for battle.
+50
Suddenly Freddy received another healing and as if waiting for it immediately dashed towards Grizzler.
'His strength is more than mine, but I'm superior in speed, so a head on battle would be stupid.' Thinking of this, Freddy ducked to dodge a horizontal cleave from Grizzler.
Standing up, he stabbed his sword into Grizzler's chest and followed up with a slash.
-Critical Hit
-90
-45
Coupled with Freddy's slash from earlier, Grizzler who only had a HP of around 200 suddenly found himself at death's door.
"Just who are you? There's no way someone like you could remain unknown." Grizzler asked, realizing that he was going to escape dying.
Freddy's sword however didn't slow down and reaped the last of his health.
"I'm just a nobody trying to game in peace, but you and your buddies just kept pushing" Freddy replied as Grizzler's body slowly pixelated, but he was sure he heard it.
After Grizzler disappeared, Freddy finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Pulling up the system map, Freddy saw a green dot behind a tree not far from him.
"Why don't you come out now, fights over. Unless you have another motive" Freddy shouted towards the tree and raised his sword.
"Easy there boss, I'm coming out." A young voice replied and a young man around seventeen walked out from behind the tree with hands raised.
If Kelvin and Bill were here, they'd realize that this young man looks exactly like Bill.
'It's just a kid even younger than kelvin.' Freddy thought in surprise.
"Hi there, I'm Willy the kid. But you can call me Willy." Willy introduced himself and lowered his hands.
"Aegis Kaelos" Freddy gave a simple introduction, also slowly lowering the sword.
"Aren't you going to claim your loots?" Willy asked.
"What loots?" Freddy asked in surprise, yet his eyes never left Willy the kid.
Willy look at Freddy in surprise as well, before answering, "the penalty for dying in Arcadia is very harsh. Aside from losing a level, you also drop two items, one equipped item and one from your inventory. Don't you know?"
Hearing the question, Freddy looked around and sure enough at the places where the three players died, there were glows of items.
"Oh!" Was the only reply Freddy gave before going towards the loots.
"Right, you said you had a problem with these guys, what happened?" Freddy asked as he approached the place where Grizzler died.
He saw a pair of trouser and some raw meats. Picking up the trouser, Freddy calmly inspected its stats.
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Chain cuisse [common rank]
Type: Trousers
Level: 5
Requirements: 10 strength, Berserker
Defense +10, Strength +5, Endurance +2
Durability: 25/40
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Looking at the stats requirement of the armor, Freddy could only shake his head in resignation.
Everything else aside, the armor was meant for berserkers, and he was gladiator.
"I joined their party earlier and we went leveling, however they hoarded all the loots we got. When I protested and threatened to leave they actually kicked me out." Willy spoke in anger and disgust.
At that time, Freddy finally noticed that although Willy was level 7, he was still wearing the beginners outfit.
"Well I'm not too surprised." Freddy replied and continue towards another direction.
In a short time, he had already gathered all the dropped items. Double Son dropped a black leather chest armor and a stack (20 pieces) of bandages while Lord Awesomness dropped a pair of blue gloves and a stack of wolf pelts.
All of the equipments are level 5 equipments, making them totally unusable for him now.
"Here you go, thanks for your help just now." Freddy smiled and handed the pair of gloves and wolf pelts dropped by Lord Awesomness to Willy.
"Thanks." Willy replied and pocketed them.
'If I can level up once again, I'll be able to equip this leather breastplate.' Freddy thought as he inspect the chest armor dropped by Double Son.
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Fine Leather breastplate [Common rank]
Type: Chest Armor
Level: 5
Requirements: Strength +5
Defense +5, Agility +3, Vitality +1
Durability: 35/40
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"Umm... I don't know... Can I.... I mean I'd like to...umm" Willy's stammers suddenly interrupted him.
"Spit it out, what is it?" Freddy asked as he turned his attention to him.
"Can I.. join you? I mean can we grind levels together? Levelling alone as a cleric is kinda difficult." Willy asked, his expression hopeful.
'The kid doesn't seem bad, plus it'll be good to have a healer and a supporter.' Freddy analyzed inwardly.
"Alright kid" Freddy replied as he inspected the sword he'd snatched earlier.
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Steel Longsword [Common rank]
Type: Sword
Level: 4
Requirements: 8 strength, Swordsman
Attack power +15, Strength+5
Durability: 35/40
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'Well Lucky me, if it had been level 5, the outcome would have been different.'
"Thanks" Willysmiled.
After organizing his inventory, the both of them followed the system map and headed deeper into the forest.
"Don't know if my brother had already made it to Clover city." Willy suddenly spoke as they walked.
"You've got a brother?"Freddy asked.
"Yeah, a twin actually. If he runs into the same kind of a*sholes as I did then he's most likely still in a different beginner village." Willy replied.
"Why don't you send him a friend request? See how he's doing." Freddy asked.
"Don't you know? Yougotta be within a certain range to be able to send a friend request to someone. Oh right" as Willy spoke, he suddenly seem to remember something.
Before Freddy could ask what he remembered, he got his answer in the form of a system alert.
Ding!
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System Notification
Player Willy the kid has sent you a friend request. Would you like to accept?
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Seeing the notification, Freddy smiled and accepted the friend request, gaining his first friend in Arcadia.
"My brother should already be in Clover city." Freddy suddenly spoke and Willy turned to look at him in surprise.
"You've got a brother playing as Arcadia Online as well?" Willy asked in surprise.
"Yeah, a younger brother, around your age. Idon't play games, his nagging was one of the reasons I decided to play this game." Freddy replied with a smile.
"Hold on, is this your first game?" Willy asked in shock.
"Yeah, and I'm kinda liking it so far." Freddy replied casually, yet he didn't notice the shock on Willy's face.
'With that kind of game mechanic, this guy is actually still a noob.' Willy's mind was currently in turmoil.
However at that moment, a slight trembling suddenly came from the front, as if something heavy was approaching.
They both stood at alert waiting for whatever it is to appear.
After almost a minuite of waiting, a colossal warthog suddenly exploded out from the forest.
Their eyes widened as they saw the words hovering above it.
[Warthog King(Common Boss)
Level 10
HP: 3,000/3,000]