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Hunting

  The first morning of the weekend, I woke up and got ready for my day.

  The training equipment I had now worked as beginner armor for an adventurer, so that is what I put on.

  I didn’t have any other equipment so that was all I had to get ready.

  I didn’t have a weapon, but the school had some you could use when going hunting.

  My first goal is a armor piece, so it's going to be a little before I find my own weapon.

  Right when I walk out of my room, I walk over to Emily’s to make sure she is ready to head out. We agreed to go right in the morning, after getting breakfast with Rose as well.

  I walk up and knock on her door.

  Very quickly, Emily opens the door.

  “Good morning Nyx” she said to me. And she was wearing the outfit I remembered from the game. She had a bck shirt, shorts and stockings, all under a white and blue coat, that went a little below her waist. She also had bck fingerless gloves. Her hair was in her cssic side ponytail, but with a silver hair clip with a blue gemstone inside it.

  Her coat was specially made to boost magic power and recovery. And the hair clip was a gift from her mother to boost ice magic.

  The clothes she wore under the coat were her cssic training equipment.

  She also had a magic staff. It was a pretty normal one with a silver color and a blue gemstone. It probably only gave an ice boost as well.

  “Good morning” I told her.

  “Should we get going”

  “Of course”

  And with that, we left the dorm.

  As we were leaving, I could see several other people putting on hunting equipment as well. Basically every combat css student spends their weekends hunting, since leveling up is a good way to increase your skills and get higher grades.

  We had agreed to meet with Rose outside of the A css dorm building.

  Walking over to where we were meeting her, I saw her before we got there. She was hearing normal clothes I had seen her in before, just with a few additions. Those being her twin daggers on her waist and the cloak she wore.

  I knew she was a speed based fighter, so not having protective gear made sense.

  When she saw us, she silently moved over to walk next to us, not even saying a word.

  “Good morning, Rose” I said to her.

  “Good morning” she says in return.

  From there we head into the school building to have breakfast together. This is the first time I was eating breakfast in the school cafeteria.

  ∴

  “So, does anyone have something specific they are hunting for today?” Emily asked while we were finishing up breakfast.

  “Oh, if no one has one, I do” I say, raising my hand to get their attention.

  Emily asked the question and Rose didn’t say anything, so I was the only option.

  “What is it you are trying to hunt?”

  “There is a person in the capital who will make a coat in exchange for 25 bunny horns. So I want to hunt horned bunnies” I tell them.

  “Really? They aren’t that strong of monsters. What is this coat you want?” Emily asked me.

  “It’s called the bunny hood” I say, somewhat shyly.

  After a few seconds of no one saying anything, Emily spoke up. “Well, I think we should get going then”

  “Yes, let's go” Rose said, and we left the cafetiera.

  ∴

  The way the school lets you go hunting is allowing you access to one of 4 areas based on your grade. Each time you go up a grade, you gain access to another area.

  These areas are monitored by the international adventures guild, so this is the same for each country.

  The way these areas work is that in the world, there are four major regions of unincorporated nd. They do not belong to any country or person. They are known as the ruinous regions.

  They are the size of small nations each.

  Rumor has it that any kingdom that tries to grow into them is destined to be lost to history. So much so that there are ruins of castles and cities in these areas, all of which are high ranked dungeons.

  Since the areas are all massive in size, each adventurer is given a piece of equipment that monitors a few things for them, like enemies sin and location, but also allows teleportation between different points in the regions. When you register with the adventurers guild, they give you one. And when you go hunting you can unlock new teleportation waypoints, so you don’t always have to start from the beginning of the area.

  ∴

  “Welcome first years” the receptionist said to us when we entered the guild building on campus. The capital has several of these buildings, and one of them was for the students only.

  We were not the only first years here, so a rge group of us were being given the introduction speech together. They handed out a piece of paper we needed to fill out and turn in, while they expined a number of things about hunting.

  We, as first years, only have access to Valethorne. That is the name of the first open world area in the game.

  We can turn in any items we obtain, like magic crystals some monsters drop to monster items, and even weapons we find in the ruins, for money here. Since I am not getting support from my parents, I need to do this just in case.

  But, it is super easy to make money as an adventurer. It's not a super popur occupation, since it will almost always involve super dangerous missions. The chance of dying is insane, and if you are even slightly skilled with weapons, the best option is to become a knight or mercenary, so you don’t have to venture into the ruinous regions.

  I quickly fill out the paper and turn it in.

  “Is there anything else you need?” the receptionist asks me.

  “Um, yes, can I borrow a sword for the day?” I ask them.

  “Of course” the tell me and go and grab a sword from the back.

  When they come back, they give me a very basic mass produced sword. Something just like the sword I used when I first got attacked 4 years ago.

  “Are you ready” Emily asks me.

  “Um, yeah sure” I say.

  With that, the three of us walk into the teleporter room, and head into the Valethorne.

  ∴

  “So, we need to find horned rabbits, right” Emily asks me as we look at the Valethorn.

  It is a rge expansive forest at the base of a mountain. There are several clearing in the massive forest where there were the ruins of some vilges and castles. And the mountain range going into the distance. Inside of it there were several caves.

  Seeing it for the first time in real life was really interesting. The smell of the air, the look of the forest.

  “Nyx?”

  “Oh, sorry. Just taking in the view”

  The teleportation circle back to the capital was on the top of a small hill looking out into a vast area.

  “Um, yeah. Horned rabbits. They should have a drop rate around 10% and we need 25” I tell the group.

  I looked it up, and remember from my past life, that they spawn in the very beginning of the forest. They are one of the weakest monsters in the game, very much for beginning grinding.

  With this, the three of us make our way into the forest.

  Walking silently, it takes us only a few minutes before we find the first one.

  It was a small white rabbit. The only strange thing about it was the red eyes and the horn on its forehead.

  “You can take the first one” Emily says to me when we spot it.

  I nod back to her and get ready for the hunt.

  I use quick run to close the distance and quickly cut at the rabbit.

  In a colpse of sparks, the rabbit dies.

  *You have sin a Horned Rabbit*

  *Level 0 -> 1*

  *You gained 4 XP*

  *You gained 25 Sword XP*

  “Good job Nyx” Emily said, walking back over to me. “To bad we didn’t get a horn right away”

  “Well, it should take us 250 rabbits to get enough. We should maybe split up” I tell them.

  “Are you sure?” Rose asks me.

  “I think so. Just so we can finish up quickly. After we get this coat, there are other things I want to try and get. Like a better sword” I tell them. “And if there is anything you want to hunt”

  “I think it should be fine” She said back to me. “But, you should call if anything goes wrong”.

  With that, the three of us split up for a second.

  There were a few reason I wanted to do this.

  I had completely neglected dealing with my EXP multiplier, and I wanted to look at some other things in my status.

  Name:Nyx von Blut

  Level:1 ?

  HP:100/100

  Mp:100/100

  Strength:1

  Speed:1

  Magic:1

  Defense:1

  Proficiency?

  Pyer Skills?

  Passive?

  -Enhanced Memory

  -Magic Manipution

  -Critical 1

  Active?

  -Dodge Roll

  -Quick Run 1

  -High Jump 1

  Equipment ?

  Body:Basic Adventure gear - +1 Def

  Feet:Basic Adventure boots - +1 Def

  Weapon: Basic Adventure Sword - +5 Str

  Party?

  New Game Plus?

  Points:1535

  Enhancement?

  Level Multiplier: 1 - Cost 10 Points

  Proficiency Multiplier:6.2 - Cost 530 Points

  Instant Level Up - Cost 100 Points

  Instant Sword Proffencey Up - Cost 100 Points

  Instant Fire Magic Proffencey Up - Cost 100 Points

  Instant Water Magic Proffencey Up - Cost 100 Points

  Instant Wind Magic Proffencey Up - Cost 100 Points

  Instant Earth Magic Proffencey Up - Cost 100 Points

  Instant Lightning Magic Proffencey Up - Cost 100 Points

  Instant Ice Magic Proffencey Up - Cost 100 Points

  +1 Strength Boost - Cost 100 Points

  +1 Defense Boost - Cost 100 Points

  +1 Speed Boost - Cost 100 Points

  +1 Magic Boost - Cost 100 Points

  Skills?

  Looking at my status, I decide to put all of my points into my level Multiplier, bringing it all the way up to 2.7. This just leaves 5 points.

  I also notice that I can increase the number of boosts I have for each stat. This is an insane bonus since you can normally only obtain 3 or 4 of them, two each from leveling and a few from certain post game bosses.

  This should be super helpful for my secondary goal, to reach level 25ish. With that level, I should be able to handle the best grinding location in the game, but I am going to need some help for that.

  From there, I started to hunt more rabbits.

  *You have sin a Horned Rabbit*

  *You gained 11 XP*

  *You gained 25 Sword XP*

  ∴

  Immediately after Nyx suggested they split up, Rose and Emily decided to hide behind a tree and watch as they started to hunt.

  Emily did shoot a few of them from behind the tree, but did no major hunting on her own.

  “You know, this means that there is a chance that we don’t finish gathering all of the rabbit horns.” Emily brought up.

  “I think Nyx will be able to hunt a lot of them. Just look at that determination” Rose said.

  After a few seconds, they saw as Nyx moved forward and started going after the rabbits. They all spawned in groups of 1-3, and they were a very common spawn. Nyx was able to hunt a group basically each minute. This just meant it would take a few hours for Nyx to hunt the around 250 needed for every horn.

  But as the hunting was going on, they noticed that Nyx was leveling up a little too often. The amount of XP they were gaining wasn’t known, but they did now every time they leveled up.

  “Really, is that normal?” Emily asked.

  “I mean, who knows. But I don’t think so” Rose says back.

  They continued to watch. They saw how Nyx got super excited every time they got another horn.

  They both found it very cute.

  They continued to watch them for over just over 2 hours, until Nyx got the st horn.

  And right before they were going to come out and congratute them, another group walked up to Nyx.

  ∴

  I hunted non stop for over 2 hours, killing a total of 263 rabbits, and finally finished gathering all 25 horns. Whenever a horn would drop, it would be left over in the sparkes that showed up whenever a monster died. I had a bag with me to carry all the items I pulled. It was a basic bag, with no enchantments on it. So it could only hold a small amount of items.

  During my hunting I also gained 1 more level in swordsmen ship and got to level 7. I gained the skill scan, which let me see how much health an enemy has. It appears as a bar above their head.

  Also, every time I level up, I gain points, 10 for 1 to 2, then 20 for 2 to 3, and so forth. I ended up with 215 points.

  As I was picking up the st of the horns, and getting ready to go find Rose and Emily, I heard a sound from behind me.

  Turing quickly, thinking another monster showed up, I instead find two of my cssmates and another person who goes to my school.

  It was two girls, with the guy who was talking to me yesterday.

  “Oh, Nyx” the guy says to me. The two girls with him were both magic users, and with him, that made a full party of magic users.

  “Um, hi” I say to them. I know that one of the girls was from my css, and I was pretty sure that the other was the second ranked person in A css, right after Rose.

  “Did you end up hunting alone?” He asked me, walking up close to me.

  “Um, no” I say, putting more distance between us. “My friends are around here somewhere”.

  “Oh really. Did you end up hunting with Aric” he said, his face growing dark.

  “No” I say.

  “Calder, can we move on” one of the girls, the one from my css, says. “She is already here with her friends”.

  “Come on Elra, the more the merrier”.

  “Ok, you are not taking my Nyx from me” Emily says, coming out of the woods around us.

  She quickly makes her way between me and Calder.

  And when they see her, the st girl says her name under her breath and gets a dark expression.

  Rose quickly follows behind her as well.

  “Oh, hi guys” I say to both of them.

  “What do you mean, ‘my Nyx’” Calder asked Emily.

  They continue to stare at each other for a few more seconds before Emily says something completely outrageous.

  “We are dating”.

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