Orbis Online
15. Wolf Plains
Arriving at the herb shop, Reus immediately came to an NPC in the form of a wrinkled old grandmother who became a seller in this one and only store. Not too many players who came here made Reus sigh in relief. He was grateful for the small number of players in this shop.
He looked at the items sold there. There are HP Potion I, HP Potion II, HP Recovery Potion I, Energy Potion I, Energy Potion II, Poison I, Antidote, Stimulant, Str Potion I, and Dex Potion I. Looking at all these Potions, Reus was amazed—especially on Str Potion I and Dex Potion I. However, he put on a wry smile as soon as he saw the price.
Each bottle of Str Potion I and Dex Potion I is sold for 300 Byl. Actually this is an opportunity for Reus to be able to make more money, but Potions that are drunk will not have an effect like Material that if eaten will provide detailed useful information.
Because both Potions were expensive, he turned his gaze to a Potion bottle that had a dark green liquid. He focused his eyesight on the Potion and read the explanation written there.
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Poison I
Reduced his 10 HP points per second for 30 seconds
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“Status buff given Poison I is enough for me to hunt mob monsters above my level without significant difficulties.”
Reus smiled at the buff that the opponent would give when exposed to Poison I. He understood how to use poison Potions like Poison I in this full-dive Virtual-Reality world. One had to remove him from the Inventory and smear the weapon he used with poison liquid, thus his attacks would grow stronger if equipped with buff— even if only temporarily.
Without further ado, Reus bought 50 bottles of Poison I and 20 bottles of Energy Potion I, worth 50 Byl and 30 Byl per bottle. Although quite expensive, Reus can increase his level faster and there is a possibility that he can also make Poison I if he uses poison consecutively on his weapon.
Finished the transaction, Reus went to the Quest Center and looked for the recommended Quest for a level 10 or 11 player like him. After a while, he obtained a Quest that required him to hunt 20 Wolf—monster mobs in the form of black-haired wolves. The amount that the Quest required was indeed not kidding, but the Rewards offered were also not playing around. When completing this Quest, Reus can jump up to 6 levels and get 1,000 Byl.
Reus wore the Epic Blood Bear Leather Armor and the Epic Wild Boar Fur Helmet to reduce the damage he would get from opponents, but not the Rare Ironforge Sword. Since he had Iron Sword +4 which he had obtained as his first weapon and also with such great difficulty that it left such a meaningful impression, he wanted to adventure with this first sword until the time they parted ways.
Although it is not effective for most players, Reus will try to balance it with his sword skills and status. He is also determined to find a Material that can be used to upgrade his Iron Sword +4 to Iron Sword +5 or more. That way, he can use his sword without thinking about his attack power can not keep up with his status and movement.
Carrying a Quest containing 20 Wolf kills, Reus walked quickly to Wolf Plains— where wolf-type mob monsters appeared.
Arriving at the Wolf Plains, Reus was able to see about 12 black-haired wolves roaming around for no apparent reason. Of course he observed this group of Wolf from a distance as far as possible because if it got too close, then they would immediately realize him.
Wolf is an aggressive mob monster, different from the Rook Turtle he once fought. Even if you stay silent in the middle of the Rook Turtle horde, they won't attack you as long as you don't attack them first— of course the one who is exposed to the status of berserk exception.
He looked quite confused, how did he get one of the Wolf's attention without grabbing the attention of another Wolf? At any rate, at this time he would not be able to fight all the Wolf at once because this Wolf-Wolf is level 13—three levels higher than Reus' own level. Of course, his status was different as well.
From the information he got from the internet, Wolf has a high Dex but the attack is not so strong and quite often miss—if it has good reflexes.
After about 10 minutes of silence looking for a way to attract attention, Reus found something he wanted to try. The means he used would not be able to reduce the number of Wolfs that would come to him, but it would most likely be able to hinder some of them.
The silver-haired player drew his sword and took out a bottle of Poison I from the Inventory, then poured half its contents over the sword. After the dark green liquid was absorbed into his sword, Reus threw the bottle containing half the green liquid at one of the Wolf who ran over to him.
Pyaarr!
When it hit his head, the half-filled bottle of Poison I immediately broke and gave the status of Poison to the affected wolf. Without lingering, he took out three more Poison I from within the Inventory, then threw it over, then slashed it with his sword so that all the liquid came out and spilled over the other four Wolfs.
Just soon, then, Reus swung his sword slashing at one of the Wolf in front of him using Swing five times in a row without stopping so that the Wolf breathed his last and turned into thousands of pixel grains that gave off a certain amount of exp and Byl to Reus.
He also used the same means to deal with the other Wolf.
Reus could only use Swing ten times in a row so he could only exert this means on two Wolfs alone. But with the help of the Energy Potion I he bought from the herb shop, he could use Swing as many as three more times. He slashed at Wolf one by one while continuing to consume Energy Potion I and HP Potion I— every half minute once smeared his sword again with Poison I.
15 Minutes later, Reus finally came out as the winner of the results of the rumble. HP bar shows that his HP reduced by 2% again then he will die and be subject to penalty. Of course he drank a bottle of HP Potion I, so he was able to breathe quite a sigh of relief.
As a result of the hunt that almost caused a penalty, Reus got a level increase so rapidly that he has now reached level 18. In the hunt with such an amount, it is not impossible to raise 8 levels—let alone no party member gets half of the experience he can.
In addition, he accidentally got a new title that surprised him.
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Skill Modifiers
The title obtained because it uses additional movements in the skill so that its attack power becomes higher
Respect +50, Int +10
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Yes, accidentally Reus added a round when activating Swing on the Wolf he targeted, but in one slash the Wolf instantly died—when the HP bar still showed 40% left. This is the most surprising thing he has ever met since playing Orbis Online.
Wh why? In an RPG system, the skill program that has been set should not be able to bear the position of movement or attack. But, what had just happened to him broke the opinion of skills just a program.
Can you imagine, just by adding a spin alone has increased the attack power as much as double on the Swing? What happens if the movement of other skills is also propagated shortly before attacking like Reus did? Perhaps he has found a way that can go beyond or even improve the system itself.
At that time, Reus realized that Orbis Online is not just a regular game like VRMMORPG in general.